Synonyms of the word

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

affect

• v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
• v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
• v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
• v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
• n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
• n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
• n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

arouse

• v. To stimulate feelings.
• v. To sexually stimulate.
• v. To wake from sleep or stupor.

bitstock

• n. Hand tool which consists of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes…

braces

• n. plural of brace.
• n. (orthodontics) A device for straightening teeth.
• n. (dated) Handcuffs.
• n. The two keyboard symbols "{" and "}.".
• n. (Britain) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip…
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brace.

bracing

• v. present participle of brace.
• adj. Invigorating or stimulating.
• n. A brace.
• n. (US) A form of the military attention stance.

couple

• n. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
• n. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
• n. (informal) A small number.
• n. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic…
• n. (physics) Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel…
• n. (architecture) A couple-close.
• n. (obsolete) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
• adj. (informal, US) Two or (a) small number of.
• v. (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
• v. (transitive, dated) To join in wedlock; to marry.
• v. (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

couplet

• n. (literature) A pair of lines with rhyming end words.
• n. A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.

deuce

• n. (card games) A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
• n. (dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
• n. (dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
• n. The number two.
• n. (tennis) A tie in which one player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
• n. (baseball) A curveball.
• n. A '32 Ford.
• n. (in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common…
• n. (restaurants) A table seating two diners.
• n. (slang) A piece of excrement.
• n. (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

distich

• n. (prosody) A couplet, a two line stanza making complete sense.
• n. Any couplet.
• adj. distichous.

duad

• n. A pair or couple.
• n. (mathematics) an unordered pair.
• n. (astrology) dwadasamsa.

duet

• n. (music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce…
• n. (music) A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
• n. A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a duet.
• v. (intransitive, zoology, of pairs of animals) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
• v. (transitive) To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
• v. (transitive) (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.

duo

• n. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.
• n. Any pair of two people.
• n. Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.

dyad

• n. A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
• n. (music) any set of two different pitch classes.
• n. A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
• n. (chemistry) An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

energise

• v. Alternative form of energize.

energize

• v. To invigorate, to make energetic.
• v. To supply with energy, especially electricity. To turn on power to something.
• v. (obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

fortify

• v. To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against…
• v. To impart strength or vigor to.
• v. To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

pair

• n. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
• n. Two people in a relationship, partnership (especially sexual) or friendship.
• n. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plurale…
• n. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
• n. (card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better…
• n. (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
• n. (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
• n. (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
• n. (slang) A pair of breasts.
• n. (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of…
• n. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote…
• n. (archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
• n. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually…
• v. (transitive) To group into sets of two.
• v. (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
• v. (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question…
• v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
• v. (computing) to form wireless connection between to devices.
• v. (obsolete) To impair.

poise

• n. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
• n. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
• n. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
• n. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
• n. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
• n. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
• n. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
• n. (physics) A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
• v. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
• v. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
• v. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.
• v. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.
• v. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.
• v. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
• v. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
• v. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

prepare

• v. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
• v. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
• v. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
• v. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
• n. (obsolete) preparation.

punctuation

• n. A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into…
• n. An act of punctuating.

ready

• adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
• adj. Inclined; apt to happen.
• adj. Liable at any moment.
• adj. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
• adj. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
• v. To make prepared for action.
• n. (slang) ready money; cash.

reinforcement

• n. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
• n. (countable) A thing that reinforces.
• n. (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
• n. (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes…

rope

• n. (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted…
• n. (countable) An individual length of such material.
• n. A cohesive strand of something.
• n. (dated) A continuous stream.
• n. (baseball) A hard line drive.
• n. (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
• n. (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf…
• n. (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million…
• n. (jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
• n. (nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
• n. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
• n. (slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
• n. (slang, vulgar) A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
• n. (in the plural) The small intestines.
• v. (transitive) To tie (something) with something.
• v. (transitive) To throw a rope around (something).
• v. (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

span

• n. The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
• n. Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
• n. The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or…
• n. The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
• n. (nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope…
• n. (obsolete) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar…
• n. (mathematics) the space of all linear combinations of something.
• v. To traverse the distance between.
• v. To cover or extend over an area or time period.
• v. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
• v. (mathematics) to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
• v. (intransitive, US, dated) To be matched, as horses.
• v. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
• v. (archaic, nonstandard) simple past tense of spin.

stabilise

• v. Alternative spelling of stabilize.

stabilize

• v. (transitive) To make stable.
• v. (intransitive) To become stable.

steady

• adj. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
• adj. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded…
• adj. Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
• adj. Regular and even.
• adj. Slow.
• v. To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.
• n. (informal) A regular customer.

stimulate

• v. To encourage into action.
• v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

stock

• n. A store or supply.
• n. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an…
• n. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
• n. Stock theater, summer stock theater.
• n. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
• n. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
• n. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
• n. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
• n. A bar, stick or rod.
• n. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle.
• n. (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical…
• n. (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew…
• n. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as…
• n. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
• n. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
• n. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
• n. (by extension, obsolete) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
• n. (Britain, historical) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the…
• n. (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
• n. (Britain, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
• n. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
• n. The beater of a fulling mill.
• v. To have on hand for sale.
• v. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
• v. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
• v. To put in the stocks as punishment.
• v. (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
• v. (card games, dated) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
• adj. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
• adj. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having…
• adj. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
• n. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

strengthen

• v. (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify;…
• v. (transitive) To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
• v. (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
• v. (intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.

strengthener

• n. One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.

support

• n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
• n. Financial or other help.
• n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
• n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
• n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
• n. Evidence.
• n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
• n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
• v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
• v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
• v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
• v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
• v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
• v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
• v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
• v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
• v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
• v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

suspender

• n. Something or someone who suspends.
• n. (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers. Called…
• n. (Britain) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter,…

sustain

• n. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
• v. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
• v. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
• v. (transitive) To encourage (something).
• v. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
• v. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
• v. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

twain

• num. (dated) two.
• v. (transitive) To part in twain; divide; sunder.

two

• num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
• num. Describing a set or group with two components.
• n. The digit/figure 2.
• n. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
• n. A child aged two.
• n. The playing cards featuring two pips.

twosome

• adj. Being or constituting a pair; two.
• adj. Twofold; double.
• adj. Performed by two individuals.
• n. A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
• n. A dance for two people.

yoke

• n. Frame around the neck, and related senses.
• n. Pair of harnessed draught animals, and related senses.
• n. Extended uses and quantities.
• v. To link or to join.
• v. To unite, to connect.
• v. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
• n. Misspelling of yolk.