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.
Her desired outcome was a bit of money to help with major structural repairs.
I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
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
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.
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.
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.
This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
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.
