pairs Definition

two corresponding things designed for use together

two corresponding bodily parts or members

something made up of two corresponding pieces

to make a pair of —often used with off or up

to cause to be a member of a pair

to arrange a voting pair between

in a group of two people or things

a usually young foreign person who cares for children and does domestic work for a family in return for room and board and the opportunity to learn the family's language

to participate in formation of a base pair

one of the pairs of nucleotide bases on complementary strands of nucleic acid that consist of a purine on one strand joined to a pyrimidine on the other strand by hydrogen bonds holding together the two strands much like the rungs of a ladder and that include adenine linked to thymine in DNA or to uracil in RNA and guanine linked to cytosine in both DNA and RNA

two linguistic units that differ in a single distinctive feature or constituent (such as voice in the initial consonants of bat and pat)

to join together in a romantic relationship

to join or to cause others to join to form a group of two

to join together for a purpose, job, etc.