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Couple

Couple Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Couple?
[n] a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"
[n] a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago" [n] something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines [n] two items of the same kind [n] a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days" [v] 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" [v] link together [v] make love; "Birds mate in the Spring" [v] form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" Synonyms | Synonyms for Couple: brace | copulate | couple on | couple up | couplet | distich | doubleton | duad | duet | duet | duo | duo | dyad | match | match | mate | mates | pair | pair | pair | pair off | partner off | span | twain | twin | twosome | twosome | yoke Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | doublet | double-team | 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 See Also | 2 | attach | bang | be intimate | bed | bonk | breed | bring together | bugger | building block | conjoin | cover | deflower | deuce | DINK | dipole | do it | eff | family | family unit | fuck | get it on | get laid | have a go at it | have intercourse | have it away | have it off | have sex | hump | II | jazz | join | know | lie with | love | make love | make out | mismatch | mismate | moment | mount | nick | pair | ride | ruin | screw | serve | service | sleep with | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity | sodomise | sodomize | tread | two | unify | unit | unite Couple In Webster's Dictionary \Cou"ple\ (k?p"'l), n. [F. couple, fr. L. copula a bond,
band; co- + apere, aptum, to join. See {Art}, a., and cf.
{Copula}.]
1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or
tie; a coupler. [Obs.]
It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs
in couples; they should be of the same size and
humor. --L'Estrange.
I'll go in couples with her. --Shak.
2. Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a
pair; a brace. ``A couple of shepherds.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
``A couple of drops'' --Addison. ``A couple of miles.''
--Dickens. ``A couple of weeks.'' --Carlyle.
Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a
couple. --Locke.
[Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. --2
Sam. xvi. 1.
3. A male and female associated together; esp., a man and
woman who are married or betrothed.
Such were our couple, man and wife. --Lloyd.
Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league.
--Milton.
4. (Arch.) See {Couple-close}.
5. (Elec.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which
compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or
galvanic couple.
6. (Mech.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in
amount but opposite in direction, and acting along
parallel lines or around parallel axes.
Note: The effect of a couple of forces is to produce a
rotation. A couple of rotations is equivalent to a
motion of translation.
\Cou"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coupled} (k?p"'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coupling} (-l?ng).] [F. coupler, fr. L. copulare. See {Couple}, n., and cf. {Copulate}, {Cobble}, v.] 1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. --Shak. 2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.] A parson who couples all our beggars. --Swift. \Cou"ple\, v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [Obs.] --Milton. Bacon. |
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