Couple

['kʌp(ə)l] or ['kʌpl]

Definition

(noun.) a pair who associate with one another; 'the engaged couple'; 'an inseparable twosome'.

(noun.) a pair of people who live together; 'a married couple from Chicago'.

(noun.) (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines.

(noun.) two items of the same kind.

(noun.) a small indefinite number; 'he's coming for a couple of days'.

(verb.) link together; 'can we couple these proposals?'.

Editor: Nancy--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

(a.) Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.

(a.) A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

(a.) See Couple-close.

(a.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

(a.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

(v.) To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

(v.) To join in wedlock; to marry.

(v. i.) To come together as male and female; to copulate.

Checker: Wilbur

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Brace, pair, two (of the same kind).[2]. Man and wife.

v. a. [1]. Join, conjoin, connect, unite, pair, link together.[2]. Marry, wed.

v. n. Unite, pair.

Typist: Tito

Definition

n. that which joins two things together: two of a kind joined together or connected: two: one pair at a dance: a pair: esp. of married or betrothed persons: (statics) a pair of equal forces acting on the same body in opposite and parallel directions.—v.t. to join together.—v.i. to pair sexually.—ns. Coup′lement union: a couple; Coup′ler one who or that which couples or unites; Coup′let two lines of verse that rhyme with each other; Coup′ling that which connects an appliance for transmitting motion in machinery; Coup′ling-box the box or ring of metal connecting the contiguous ends of two lengths of shafts; Coup′ling-pin a pin or bolt used in coupling machinery.—adj. Well-coupled of a horse well formed at the part where the back joins the rump.

Editor: Margaret

Examples

Editor: Winthrop

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