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English noun: couple | |||
| 1. | couple (group) a pair who associate with one another | ||
| Samples | The engaged couple. An inseparable twosome. | ||
| Synonyms | duet, duo, twosome | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pair | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | same-sex marriage | ||
| 2. | couple (group) a pair of people who live together | ||
| Samples | A married couple from Chicago. | ||
| Synonyms | match, mates | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | family, family unit | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | DINK, power couple | ||
| 3. | couple (quantity) a small indefinite number | ||
| Samples | He's coming for a couple of days. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | ||
| 4. | couple (quantity) two items of the same kind | ||
| Synonyms | brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | 2, deuce, II, two | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | doubleton | ||
| Part holonym | fellow, mate | ||
| 5. | couple (object) (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | building block, unit | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dipole | ||
| Part holonym | moment of a couple | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
English verb: couple | |||
| 1. | couple (contact) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | match, mate, pair, twin | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring together, join | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mismatch, mismate | ||
| Verb group | match | ||
| 2. | couple (contact) link together | ||
| Samples | Can we couple these proposals?. | ||
| Synonyms | couple on, couple up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attach | ||
| Antonyms | decouple, uncouple | ||
| 3. | couple (social) form a pair or pairs | ||
| Samples | The two old friends paired off. | ||
| Synonyms | pair, pair off, partner off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unify, unite | ||
| 4. | couple (contact) engage in sexual intercourse | ||
| Samples | Birds mate in the Spring. | ||
| Synonyms | copulate, mate, pair | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conjoin, join | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, breed, bugger, cover, deflower, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, mount, nick, ride, roll in the hay, ruin, screw, serve, service, sleep together, sleep with, sodomise, sodomise, sodomize, sodomize, tread | ||
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