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| NOUN | 1 | couple | A small indefinite number |
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| 2 | couple, mates, match | A pair of people who live together | |
| 3 | couple, twosome, duo, duet | A pair who associate with one another | |
| 4 | couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad | Two items of the same kind | |
| 5 | couple | (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines | |
| VERB | 1 | couple, match, mate, pair, twin | Bring two objects, ideas, or people together |
| 2 | couple, couple on, couple up | Link together | |
| 3 | couple, pair, pair off, partner off | Form a pair or pairs | |
| 4 | couple, copulate, mate, pair | Make love |
| Sounds | kah'pahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | A small indefinite number. |
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| Examples | "he's coming for a couple of days" |
| Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
| Meaning | A pair of people who live together. |
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| Examples | "a married couple from Chicago" |
| Synonyms | mates, match |
| Broader | family, family unit |
| Narrower | power couple; DINK |
| Verbs | couple |
| Meaning | A pair who associate with one another. |
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| Examples | "the engaged couple" |
| Synonyms | twosome, duo, duet |
| Broader | pair |
| Narrower | same-sex marriage |
| Verbs | couple |
| Meaning | Two items of the same kind. |
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| Synonyms | pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad |
| Broader | two, 2, II, deuce |
| Narrower | doubleton |
| Verbs | couple |
| Meaning | (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines. |
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| Parts | moment of a couple |
| Category | physics, physical science, natural philosophy |
| Broader | unit, building block |
| Narrower | dipole |
| Meaning | Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "This fact is coupled to the other one" |
| Synonyms | match, mate, pair, twin |
| Similar to | match |
| Broader | join, bring together |
| Narrower | mismate; mismatch |
| Nouns | coupling; couple |
| Meaning | Link together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "can we couple these proposals?" |
| Synonyms | couple on, couple up |
| Contrary | uncouple, decouple |
| Broader | attach |
| Nouns | coupling, coupler |
| Meaning | Form a pair or pairs. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | pair, pair off, partner off |
| Broader | unite, unify |
| Nouns | couple |
| Meaning | Make love. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | copulate, mate, pair |
| Broader | join, conjoin |
| Narrower | nick; roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk; tread; serve, service; deflower, ruin; ride, mount; backcross; breed, cover; sodomize, sodomise, bugger; sodomize, sodomise |
| Entailed by | conceive |
| Nouns | couple; coupling |
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