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couple

('k/@/p/@/l )

a pair who associate with one another(noun.group)

Example:
The engaged couple.

Synonym:
duet, duo, twosome

source: wordnet30
a pair of people who live together(noun.group)

Example:
A married couple from Chicago.

Synonym:
match, mates

source: wordnet30
a small indefinite number(noun.quantity)

Example:
He's coming for a couple of days.

source: wordnet30
two items of the same kind(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke

source: wordnet30
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.(noun)

source: webster1913

bring two objects, ideas, or people together(verb.contact)

Example:
This fact is coupled to the other one.

Synonym:
match, mate, pair, twin

source: wordnet30
link together(verb.contact)

Example:
Can we couple these proposals?.

Synonym:
couple on, couple up
Antonym:
decouple, uncouple

source: wordnet30
form a pair or pairs(verb.social)

Synonym:
pair, pair off, partner off

source: wordnet30
engage in sexual intercourse(verb.contact)

Synonym:
copulate, mate, pair

source: wordnet30
To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.(verb)

source: webster1913
To come together as male and female; to copulate.(verb)

source: webster1913

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