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couple
noun
1 couple
A pair who associate with one another:
— The engaged couple.
synonyms: duet, duo, twosome.
Dutch: duo, span, stel, stelletje, tweespan
Polish: państwo
2 couple
A pair of people who live together:
— A married couple from Chicago.
synonyms: match, mates.
3 couple
A small indefinite number.
Dutch: paar
4 couple
Two items of the same kind.
synonyms: brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke ... show more.
Roget 89:
duality,
dualism;
duplicity;
biplicity†,
biformity†;
polarity.
two,
deuce,
couple,
duet,
brace,
pair,
cheeks,
twins,
Castor and Pollux,
gemini,
Siamese twins;
fellows;
yoke,
conjugation;
dispermy†,
doublets,
dyad,
span.
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Dutch: stel, koppel, paar, twee, tweetal
Polish: parka
5 couple
physics Something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines.
Dutch: paar
verb
1 couple
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together:
— This fact is coupled to the other one.
synonyms: match, mate, pair, twin.
Roget 43:
join,
unite;
conjoin,
connect;
associate;
put together,
lay together,
clap together,
hang together,
lump together,
hold together,
piece together [Fr.],
tack together,
fix together,
bind up together together;
embody,
reembody†;
roll into one.
attach,
fix,
affix,
saddle on,
fasten,
bind,
secure,
clinch,
twist,
make fast
etc.
adj.;
tie,
pinion,
string,
strap,
sew,
lace,
tat,
stitch,
tack,
knit,
button,
buckle,
hitch,
lash,
truss,
bandage,
braid,
splice,
swathe,
gird,
tether,
moor,
picket,
harness,
chain;
fetter
etc.
(restrain)
751;
lock,
latch,
belay,
brace,
hook,
grapple,
leash,
couple,
accouple†,
link,
yoke,
bracket;
marry
etc.
(wed)
903;
bridge over,
span.
braze;
pin,
nail,
bolt,
hasp,
clasp,
clamp,
crimp,
screw,
rivet;
impact,
solder,
set;
weld together,
fuse together;
wedge,
rabbet,
mortise,
miter,
jam,
dovetail,
enchase†;
graft,
ingraft†,
inosculate†;
entwine,
intwine†;
interlink,
interlace,
intertwine,
intertwist†,
interweave;
entangle;
twine round,
belay;
tighten;
trice up,
screw up.
be joined
&c.;
hang together,
hold together;
cohere
etc.
46.
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Roget 89:
pair
[unite in pairs],
couple,
bracket,
yoke;
conduplicate†;
mate,
span [U.S.].
Dutch: koppelen
2 couple
3 couple
Form a pair or pairs.
synonyms: pair, pair off, partner off.
Roget 903:
marry,
wive,
take to oneself a wife;
be married,
be spliced;
go off,
pair off;
wed,
espouse,
get hitched [U.S.],
lead to the hymeneal altar,
take 'for better for worse',"
give one's hand to,
bestow one's hand upon.
marry,
join,
handfast†;
couple
etc.
(unit)
43;
tie the nuptial knot;
give away,
give away in marriage;
seal;
ally,
affiance;
betroth
etc.
(promise)
768;
publish the banns,
bid the banns;
be asked in church.
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4 couple
Engage in sexual intercourse.
synonyms: copulate, mate, pair.
Dutch: copuleren, paren
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