to pair
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5.7
- verb
- /pɛr/
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aparearse
- Males and females pair up after meeting in winter flocks.
Examples
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There is a study of how attractive men are more likely to pair up with women who have bigger breasts.
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As the season progresses, females are increasingly likely to pair with yearlings.
Academic text (1995) -
And when they pair, how long does it last?
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I said they were going to pair off.
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Female spotted sandpipers, which arrive first at the nesting ground, essentially always pair first with older males.
Academic text (1995) -
Western Gulls aren't supposed to start pairing up for mating until January at the earliest.
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In the spring, many birds pair to build nests together.
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After they pair, the rabbits will care for their young together.
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When wolves pair, they form strong bonds and work together to raise their pups.
Synonyms
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8.6
To mate with a female animal to produce young
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7.9
To have sex, usually used for animals or in biology
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8.1
To have sex with another person or animal
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9.9
To mate with a female sheep, said of a male sheep
To join two machines or vehicles so they are connected
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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5.8
A young person from another country who lives with a family and helps look after children for room and food
7
1.0
A single piece of clothing that you wear under other clothes, usually underpants
- Specialized
6
3.9
Two matching chemical parts in DNA or RNA that join the two strands, for example adenine with thymine
5
2.5
A hand tool with two joined arms and toothed jaws used to hold, bend, or cut things
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1.1
Clothes that cover your lower body from the waist to the ankles with separate legs
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2.2
A tool with two long handles joined at one end for holding and lifting hot or delicate things
- Archaic
1
6.3
A young woman who lives with a family and cares for children while getting room, food and a small payment
- Specialized
A process where a high-energy photon turns into an electron and a positron near an atomic nucleus
- Specialized
When a high energy light particle turns into an electron and a positron near an atomic nucleus
- Archaic
A rectangular instrument without legs with keys like a harpsichord, often played by women in the 1500s and 1600s
- Specialized
A very energetic light particle changes into an electron and a positron near a nucleus
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Etymology
When animals pair, they come together as a couple, and the word goes back to Latin par, 'equal'. So to say animals pair is to say they form two partners for mating.