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Noun coupling has 3 senses
- yoke, coupling - a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
--1 is a kind of connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
- coupling, coupler - a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
--2 is a kind of mechanical device
--2 has particulars:
- coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
--3 is a kind of sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
--3 has particulars:
Verb couple has 4 senses
- match, mate, couple, pair, twin - 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"
--1 is one way to join, bring together
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- couple, couple on, couple up - link together; "can we couple these proposals?"
--2 is one way to attach
Antonyms: uncouple, decouple
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pair, pair off, partner off, couple - form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
--3 is one way to unite, unify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- copulate, mate, pair, couple - make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
--4 is one way to join, conjoin
Sample sentence:
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