Paired has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of pair
"After sorting all the mismatched shoes, we finally paired every left shoe with its matching right one."
Adjective
1
occurring in pairs or as a pair
"paired fangs"
"paired gloves"
2
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
"opposite leaves"
3
mated sexually
"The biologist observed that the two swans were paired, sharing a nest and raising their chicks together."
Example Sentences
"paired fangs"
adjective
"paired gloves"
adjective
"opposite leaves"
adjective