Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Arranged in pairs: said of corresponding parts situated on opposite sides of the body, as the arms of a man, the wings of insects, etc.
  • Mated, as any two individuals of different sexes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Organized into compatible pairs; -- used of gloves, socks, etc. See pair{1}, v. t.
  • adjective (Botany) Growing in pairs on either side of a stem; -- of leaves etc.
  • adjective Mated sexually.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pair.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective used of gloves, socks, etc.
  • adjective mated sexually
  • adjective of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

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Examples

  • In Camden, N.J., perhaps the poorest American city I regularly visit, I photograph what I call paired houses: two dwellings, side by side, one occupied, the other empty.

    Urban Planning Blog 2009

  • The USCRN design is paired, that is the USCRN stations are near USHCN stations and the results of the network compared.

    Tom's trick and experimental design EliRabett 2010

  • The label had paired her with proven songwriters and established hit producers, and her sound and image were carefully crafted long before she ever set foot on a stage as a concert performer.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • The USCRN design is paired, that is the USCRN stations are near USHCN stations and the results of the network compared.

    Archive 2010-01-01 EliRabett 2010

  • The label had paired her with proven songwriters and established hit producers, and her sound and image were carefully crafted long before she ever set foot on a stage as a concert performer.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • The label had paired her with proven songwriters and established hit producers, and her sound and image were carefully crafted long before she ever set foot on a stage as a concert performer.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • The label had paired her with proven songwriters and established hit producers, and her sound and image were carefully crafted long before she ever set foot on a stage as a concert performer.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • It uses the formula E = mc2 in a technique known as paired production.

    Glast Blasts off to investigate Dark-Mysteries 2008

  • Every such phrasing should be an old English word paired with its French-derived synonym.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Latin Phrases Law Students Should Know, But Likely Don’t: 2007

  • According to the algorithm, the four ingredients required for a video to go viral are congruency, emotive strength, network involvement, and something called "paired meme synergy."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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