Couple
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[1913 Webster] Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) See Couple-close. [1913 Webster] 5. (Elec.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mech.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes. [1913 Webster] Note: The effect of a couple of forces is to produce a rotation. A couple of rotations is equivalent to a motion of translation. [1913 Webster] Couple \Cou"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coupled (k[u^]p"'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coupling (k[u^]p"l[i^]ng).] [F. coupler, fr. L. copulare. See Couple, n., and cf. Copulate, Cobble, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. [1913 Webster] Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] A parson who couples all our beggars. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Couple \Cou"ple\, v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [Obs.] --Milton. Bacon. [1913 Webster]  couple n 1: a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" [syn: couple, twosome, duo, duet] 2: a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago" [syn: couple, mates, match] 3: a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days" 4: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 5: (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines v 1: 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" [syn: match, mate, couple, pair, twin] 2: link together; "can we couple these proposals?" [syn: couple, couple on, couple up] [ant: decouple, uncouple] 3: form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" [syn: pair, pair off, partner off, couple] 4: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple]  couple [kʌpl] Paar  couple [kʌpl] couple; époux; mari et femme coupler; accoupler apparier  couple csatlópóráz csatlószíj egypárkeresztgerenda egypárszarufa elemekközöttikapcsolat elempár erôpár forgatónyomaték fûzôszíj kétdarabszarufa kétdarab pár  couple coniugi, consorti  couple [kʌpl] combinare  couple [kʌpl] esposo e esposa acoplar  couple [kʌpl] embragar  couple [kʌpl] äkta par; gift par  couple [kupl] Ehepaar  couple [kupl] couple; married people pair  couple [kupl] echtelieden; echtpaar duo; koppel; paar; span; stel; stelletje; tweetal  couple Kräftepaar n couple Paar n couple Pärchen n couple koppeln; verkoppeln couple paaren; sich paaren [zool.] couple verbinden couple verheiraten vt  207 Moby Thesaurus words for "couple": a few, accouple, accumulate, affiliate, agglutinate, ally, amass, apply, arrange a match, articulate, assemble, associate, ball, band, band together, be in cahoots, be intimate, be made one, be spliced, become one, bind, bond, both, brace, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bunch, bunch up, cabal, cement, cement a union, centralize, chain, clap together, clot, club, club together, cluster, coalesce, cohabit, collect, combine, come together, commit adultery, comprise, concatenate, confederate, conglobulate, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consociate, conspire, contract matrimony, converge, copulate, correlate, couple up, couplet, cover, crowd, date, diddle, distich, double harness, double-harness, double-team, doublet, draw a parallel, duad, duet, duo, dyad, embrace, encompass, equate, espouse, federalize, federate, flock together, flow together, forgather, fornicate, frig, fuse, gang, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, get hitched, give away, glue, go in partners, go in partnership, group, harness, have sex, have sexual relations, herd together, hitch, hive, hook up, hook up with, horde, huddle, identify, include, intermarry, interrelate, interwed, join, join forces, join fortunes with, join together, join up with, join with, knot, lay, lay together, league, lie with, link, look-alikes, lump together, make a match, make it with, make love, make one, make out, marry, marshal, mass, match, matching pair, mate, mates, meet, merge, mill, miscegenate, mobilize, mount, muster, nuptial, one or two, organize, pair, pair off, parallel, parallelize, partner, piece together, put together, rally, rally around, relate, relativize, remarry, rendezvous, rewed, roll into one, screw, seethe, serve, service, set, set of two, several, sleep with, solder, span, splice, stand together, stand up with, stick together, stream, surge, swarm, take in, take to wife, tape, team, team up, team up with, team with, the two, throng, throw in with, tie, tie in with, tie up with, twain, twins, two, twosome, unify, unionize, unite, unite in marriage, unite with, wed, weld, wive, yoke Couple related |
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