PAIRING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of grouping things or people in pairs
   Hypernyms(s) pairing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • grouping (what does grouping mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • buddy system (what does buddy system mean?)
   • match-up (what does match-up mean?)
   • matchup (what does matchup mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pair (what does pair mean?)
   • pair off (what does pair off mean?)
   • partner off (what does partner off mean?)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
   Synonym(s)
   • conjugation (what does conjugation mean?)
   • coupling (what does coupling mean?)
   • mating (what does mating mean?)
   • sexual union (what does sexual union mean?)
   • union (what does union mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the casual couplings of adolescents
   • the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
   Hypernyms(s) pairing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sexual activity (what does sexual activity mean?)
   • sexual practice (what does sexual practice mean?)
   • sex (what does sex mean?)
   • sex activity (what does sex activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • assortative mating (what does assortative mating mean?)
   • disassortative mating (what does disassortative mating mean?)
   • hybridization (what does hybridization mean?)
   • hybridisation (what does hybridisation mean?)
   • crossbreeding (what does crossbreeding mean?)
   • crossing (what does crossing mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • interbreeding (what does interbreeding mean?)
   • hybridizing (what does hybridizing mean?)
   • inbreeding (what does inbreeding mean?)
   • servicing (what does servicing mean?)
   • service (what does service mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • conjugate (what does conjugate mean?)
   • copulate (what does copulate mean?)
   • mate (what does mate mean?)
   • pair (what does pair mean?)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)
   • copulate (what does copulate mean?)
   • mate (what does mate mean?)
   • pair (what does pair mean?)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)
   • copulate (what does copulate mean?)
   • mate (what does mate mean?)
   • pair (what does pair mean?)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)