pair vs pare vs pear

Definitions

verb

1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together
2. form a pair or pairs
3. occur in pairs
4. engage in sexual intercourse
5. arrange in pairs

noun

1. two people considered as a unit
2. a set of two similar things considered as a unit
3. two items of the same kind
4. a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value

Examples

It's impossible to look at yourself in a pair of new frames and not see another character.

Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.

A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.

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verb

1. decrease gradually or bit by bit
2. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
3. strip the skin off
4. cut small bits or pare shavings from

Examples

We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.

Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.

I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.

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noun

1. Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
2. sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

Examples

My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.

He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.

Pearce , a Zimbabwean architect living in Melbourne, has been inspired by the humble termite.

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