pair vs pare vs pear
Definitions
verb
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- form a pair or pairs
- occur in pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- arrange in pairs
noun
- two people considered as a unit
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- two items of the same kind
- a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
Examples
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.
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.
Definitions
verb
- decrease gradually or bit by bit
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- strip the skin off
- cut small bits or pare shavings from
Examples
The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores.
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.
Definitions
noun
- Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
- sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
Examples
He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
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.
But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today
