Definitions for pairings

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pairings pair·ing

Spelling: [pair-ing]

IPA: /ˈpɛər ɪŋ/

Pairings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 267 anagrams from letters in pairings (agiinprs).

Definitions for pairings

noun

1. a coupling.
2. Cell Biology. the lining up of the two homologous chromosomes or chromatids of each chromosome pair in meiosis or mitosis. Compare base-pairing.
3. two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
4. something consisting of or regarded as having two parts or pieces joined together:
5. two individuals who are similar or in some way associated:
6. a married, engaged, or dating couple.
7. two mated animals.
8. a span or team:
9. Government. two members on opposite sides in a deliberative body who for convenience, as to permit absence, arrange together to forgo voting on a given occasion. the arrangement thus made.
10. Cards. two playing cards of the same denomination without regard to suit or color. pairs, two card players who are matched together against different contestants.
11. pairs, pair skating.
12. Also called kinematic pair. Mechanics. two parts or pieces so connected that they mutually constrain relative motion.
13. Philately. two postage stamps joined together either vertically or horizontally.
14. a set or combination of more than two objects forming a collective whole:

Idioms

1. grow a pair, Slang: Vulgar. to act in a stereotypically manly way, as by being brave:

verb (used with object)

1. to arrange or designate in pairs or groups of two:
2. to form into a pair, as by matching, joining, etc.; match; couple:
3. (of animals) to cause to mate.

verb (used without object)

1. to separate into pairs or groups of two (usually followed by off ):
2. to form a pair or pairs.
3. to be a member of a pair.
4. to match with or resemble another.
5. to unite in close association with another, as in a business partnership, friendship, marriage, etc.
6. (of animals) to mate.
7. Government. (in a deliberative body) to form or arrange a pair.

Origin of pairings

First recorded in 1605-15; pair + -ing¹

Examples for pairings

Now, I beseech you, do tell me, have you ever attended to their pairing and breeding?

One signal was the 2011 show at Helly Nahmad, New York pairing Soutine and Bacon and curated by Maurice Tuchman and Esti Dunow.

Well I rather thought of pairing with one of the Ulster fellows.

“When I was pairing them off so nicely, without their knowledge,” added the girl.

Like a savant, he navigates us through a tasting of three French beers, finished off by a pairing with 18-month-old comté cheese.

Your custom of pairing is not what you call 'urbane' on this world.

But as perfect a pairing as Trophy Wife was with Modern Family, black-ish is, too.

What's new, then, is the pairing of unhappy truths with sweet kisses and saccharine confessions.

And so it is with admiration and understanding that we are still violently furious over the pairing of Joey and Rachel.

But wait for the pairing; and the extravagant becomes reasonable.