'Couple' definitions:

Definition of 'couple'

From: WordNet
noun
A pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" [syn: couple, twosome, duo, duet]
noun
A pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago" [syn: couple, mates, match]
noun
A small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"
noun
Two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
noun
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
verb
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]
verb
Link together; "can we couple these proposals?" [syn: couple, couple on, couple up] [ant: decouple, uncouple]
verb
Form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" [syn: pair, pair off, partner off, couple]
verb
Engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple]

Definition of 'Couple'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Couple'

From: GCIDE
  • Couple \Cou"ple\ (k[u^]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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll go in couples with her. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. --2 Sam. xvi. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed. [1913 Webster]
  • Such were our couple, man and wife. --Lloyd. [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]

Definition of 'Couple'

From: GCIDE
  • Couple \Cou"ple\, v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [Obs.] --Milton. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'couple'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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