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paired
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective paired has 3 senses
- paired(s = adj.all) mated - used of gloves, socks, etc.; Array
- paired(a = adj.all) opposite - of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"
- paired(s = adj.all) Array - mated sexually; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
paired, adj.
- Organized into compatible pairs; -- used of gloves, socks, etc. See pair{1},
v. t. [WordNet 1.5] - Growing in pairs on either side of a stem; -- of leaves etc. [WordNet 1.5]
- Mated sexually. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
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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