 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
paired
adjective
1: used of gloves, socks, etc. [syn: {mated}]
2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
"opposite leaves" [syn: {opposite}] [ant: {alternate}]
3: mated sexually
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
paired \paired\ (p[^a]rd), adjective
1. Organized into compatible pairs; -- used of gloves, socks,
etc. See {pair}[1], verb (used with an object)
Syn: mated.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Botany) Growing in pairs on either side of a stem; -- of
leaves etc. {alternate}
Syn: opposite.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Mated sexually.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pair \Pair\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Paired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pairing}.]
1. To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for
breeding.
2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
--Rowe.
3. Same as {To pair off}. See phrase below.
{To pair off}, to separate from a group in pairs or couples;
specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the
opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on
specified questions or issues. See {Pair}, noun, 6.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "paired":
accessory, accompanying, affiliate, affiliated, allied, assembled,
associate, associated, attendant, attending, banded together,
biconjugate, bigeminate, bijugate, bound, bracketed, cabalistic,
coincident, collateral, collected, combined, concomitant,
concurrent, confederate, confederated, conjoined, conjoint,
conjugate, conjugated, connected, conspiratorial, copulate,
corporate, correlative, coupled, double, dual, enleagued, federate,
federated, fellow, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand,
in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, incorporated,
integrated, intimate, joined, joint, knotted, leagued, linked,
married, matched, mated, merged, mutual, one, parallel, partnered,
partners with, simultaneous, spliced, teamed, tied, twin,
undivided, united, unseparated, wed, wedded, yoked
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