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Pair

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]

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Verb group 4

Geminate 84% connected

In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

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Geminate 84% connected

In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

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Match 84% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Match 84% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Building 76% connected

of Build

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Conjoin 76% connected

To join together; to unite.

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Deuce 76% connected

Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Occur 76% connected

To meet; to clash.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Two 76% connected

One and one; twice one.

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Unify 76% connected

To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Manner of action 19

Bang 76% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Breed 76% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

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Bugger 76% connected

One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Deflower 76% connected

Same as Deflour.

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Hump 76% connected

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

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Know 76% connected

Knee.

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Love 76% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

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Mismatch 76% connected

To match unsuitably.

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Mismate 76% connected

To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Nick 76% connected

An evil spirit of the waters.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Ruin 76% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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Screw 76% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Tread 76% connected

To set the foot; to step.

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Narrower term 4

Couple 76% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Duet 76% connected

A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

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Duo 76% connected

A composition for two performers; a duet.

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Yoke 76% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Derivationally related 10

Brace 74% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Brace 74% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Couple 74% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Couple 74% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Match 74% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Match 74% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Mate 74% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Mate 74% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 2

Fellow 70% connected

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

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Mate 70% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Synonym 16

Brace 92% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Copulate 92% connected

Joined; associated; coupled.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Couple 92% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Couplet 92% connected

Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

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Distich 92% connected

A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

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Duad 92% connected

A union of two; duality.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Duet 92% connected

A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Duo 92% connected

A composition for two performers; a duet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dyad 92% connected

Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Geminate 92% connected

In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Match 92% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mate 92% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Span 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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Twain 92% connected

Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

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Twin 92% connected

Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yoke 92% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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