| couple | | |
| n. (group) | 1. couple, duet, duo, twosome | a pair who associate with one another.; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" |
| ~ pair | two people considered as a unit. |
| ~ same-sex marriage | two people of the same sex who live together as a family.; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" |
| n. (group) | 2. couple, match, mates | a pair of people who live together.; "a married couple from Chicago" |
| ~ family unit, family | primary social group; parents and children.; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" |
| ~ power couple | a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential. |
| ~ dink | a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids). |
| n. (quantity) | 3. couple | a small indefinite number.; "he's coming for a couple of days" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke | two items of the same kind. |
| ~ fellow, mate | one of a pair.; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" |
| ~ 2, ii, two, deuce | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. |
| ~ doubleton | (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player. |
| n. (object) | 5. couple | (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ dipole | a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance. |
| ~ building block, unit | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else.; "units of nucleic acids" |
| ~ moment of a couple | given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them. |
| v. (contact) | 6. couple, match, mate, pair, twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together.; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" |
| ~ match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ mismate | provide with an unsuitable mate. |
| ~ mismatch | match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together. |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (contact) | 7. couple, couple on, couple up | link together.; "can we couple these proposals?" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| v. (social) | 8. couple, pair, pair off, partner off | form a pair or pairs.; "The two old friends paired off" |
| ~ unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. |
| v. (contact) | 9. copulate, couple, mate, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| ~ nick | mate successfully; of livestock. |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, lie with, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, hump, jazz, bed, love, bang, make out, know | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ tread | mate with.; "male birds tread the females" |
| ~ service, serve | mate with.; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" |
| ~ deflower, ruin | deprive of virginity.; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" |
| ~ mount, ride | copulate with.; "The bull was riding the cow" |
| ~ breed, cover | copulate with a female, used especially of horses.; "The horse covers the mare" |
| ~ bugger, sodomise, sodomize | practice anal sex upon. |
| ~ sodomise, sodomize | copulate with an animal. |
| pair | | |
| n. (group) | 1. brace, pair | a set of two similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ tweedledee and tweedledum, tweedledum and tweedledee | any two people who are hard to tell apart. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| n. (group) | 2. pair | two people considered as a unit. |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ couple, twosome, duet, duo | a pair who associate with one another.; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" |
| ~ yoke | a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke.; "pulled by a yoke of oxen" |
| n. (group) | 3. pair | a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value. |
| ~ poker hand | the 5 cards held in a game of poker. |
| v. (contact) | 4. geminate, pair | occur in pairs. |
| ~ geminate, pair | arrange in pairs.; "Pair these numbers" |
| ~ occur | to be found to exist.; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" |
| v. (contact) | 5. geminate, pair | arrange in pairs.; "Pair these numbers" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ geminate, pair | occur in pairs. |
| suit | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. suit, suit of clothes | a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color.; "they buried him in his best suit" |
| ~ business suit | a suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmen. |
| ~ double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket. |
| ~ garment | an article of clothing.; "garments of the finest silk" |
| ~ pinstripe | a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes. |
| ~ single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket. |
| ~ slack suit | casual dress consisting of slacks and matching jacket. |
| ~ zoot suit | a flashy suit of extreme cut. |
| n. (act) | 2. case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.; "the family brought suit against the landlord" |
| ~ civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant. |
| ~ class-action suit, class action | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group. |
| ~ countersuit | a suit brought against someone who has sued you. |
| ~ criminal suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant. |
| ~ moot | a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise.; "he organized the weekly moot" |
| ~ bastardy proceeding, paternity suit | a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (person) | 3. suit | (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit.; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" |
| ~ derogation, disparagement, depreciation | a communication that belittles somebody or something. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| ~ businessman, man of affairs | a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive). |
| n. (communication) | 4. courting, courtship, suit, wooing | a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).; "its was a brief and intense courtship" |
| ~ appeal, entreaty, prayer | earnest or urgent request.; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" |
| ~ bundling | a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing. |
| n. (communication) | 5. suit | a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank. |
| ~ appeal, entreaty, prayer | earnest or urgent request.; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. suit | playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color.; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?" |
| ~ major suit | (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts. |
| ~ minor suit | ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs. |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
| ~ trump | (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand.; "clubs were declared trumps"; "a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led" |
| ~ deck of cards, pack of cards, deck | a pack of 52 playing cards. |
| v. (stative) | 7. accommodate, fit, suit | be agreeable or acceptable to.; "This suits my needs" |
| ~ conform to, fit, meet | satisfy a condition or restriction.; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" |
| v. (stative) | 8. suit | be agreeable or acceptable.; "This time suits me" |
| ~ agree | be agreeable or suitable.; "White wine doesn't agree with me" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 9. befit, beseem, suit | accord or comport with.; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| v. (stative) | 10. become, suit | enhance the appearance of.; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" |
| ~ beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish | make more beautiful. |
| pare | | |
| v. (change) | 1. pare, pare down | decrease gradually or bit by bit. |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (contact) | 2. pare, whittle | cut small bits or pare shavings from.; "whittle a piece of wood" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 3. pare, peel, skin | strip the skin off.; "pare apples" |
| ~ peel off | peel off the outer layer of something. |
| ~ strip | remove the surface from.; "strip wood" |
| ~ flay | strip the skin off. |
| v. (contact) | 4. pare, trim | remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" |
| ~ dress | cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| mate | | |
| n. (person) | 1. first mate, mate | the officer below the master on a commercial ship. |
| ~ ship's officer, officer | a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel.; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" |
| n. (person) | 2. mate, teammate | a fellow member of a team.; "it was his first start against his former teammates" |
| ~ associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| n. (person) | 3. mate | the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner).; "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| n. (person) | 4. better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse | a person's partner in marriage. |
| ~ man and wife, married couple, marriage | two people who are married to each other.; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" |
| ~ bigamist | someone who marries one person while already legally married to another. |
| ~ consort | the husband or wife of a reigning monarch. |
| ~ domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent | a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship. |
| ~ helpmate, helpmeet | a helpful partner. |
| ~ hubby, husband, married man | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage. |
| ~ relative, relation | a person related by blood or marriage.; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" |
| ~ monogamist, monogynist | someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time). |
| ~ honeymooner, newlywed | someone recently married. |
| ~ polygamist | someone who is married to two or more people at the same time. |
| ~ married woman, wife | a married woman; a man's partner in marriage. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. match, mate | an exact duplicate.; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" |
| ~ duplication, duplicate | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly.; "he made a duplicate for the files" |
| n. (quantity) | 6. fellow, mate | one of a pair.; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" |
| ~ singleton | a single object (as distinguished from a pair). |
| ~ couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couple | two items of the same kind. |
| n. (plant) | 7. ilex paraguariensis, mate, paraguay tea | South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea. |
| ~ holly | any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges. |
| n. (person) | 8. mate | informal term for a friend of the same sex. |
| ~ australia, commonwealth of australia | a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| n. (food) | 9. mate | South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. |
| ~ beverage, drinkable, potable, drink | any liquid suitable for drinking.; "may I take your beverage order?" |
| n. (act) | 10. checkmate, mate | a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king. |
| ~ chess move | the act of moving a chess piece. |
| v. (competition) | 11. checkmate, mate | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" |
| ~ chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
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