couple
1. a pair who associate with one another (Freq. 13)
- the engaged couple
- an inseparable twosome
• Syn:
twosome, duo, duet
• Hypernyms:
pair
• Hyponyms:
same-sex marriage
2. a pair of people who live together (Freq. 9)
- a married couple from Chicago
• Syn:
mates, match
• Derivationally related forms:
match (for: match)
• Hypernyms:
family, family unit
• Hyponyms:
power couple, DINK
3. a small indefinite number (Freq. 6)
- he's coming for a couple of days
• Hypernyms:
small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
4. two items of the same kind (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
pair, twosome, twain, brace, span,
span, couplet, distich, duo, duet,
dyad, duad
• Derivationally related forms:
pair (for: pair)
• Hypernyms:
two, 2, II, deuce
• Hyponyms:
doubleton
• Part Meronyms:
mate, fellow
5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
unit, building block
• Hyponyms:
dipole
• Part Meronyms:
moment of a couple
1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together (Freq. 5)
- 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, pair, twin
• Derivationally related forms:
pair (for: pair), coupling, mate (for: mate), match (for: match)
• Hypernyms:
join, bring together
• Hyponyms:
mismate, mismatch
• Verb Group:
match
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. link together (Freq. 2)
- can we couple these proposals?
• Syn:
couple on, couple up
• Ant:
uncouple
• Derivationally related forms:
coupler, coupling
• Hypernyms:
attach
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. form a pair or pairs (Freq. 1)
- The two old friends paired off
• Syn:
pair, pair off, partner off
• Derivationally related forms:
pair (for: pair), pairing (for: pair)
• Hypernyms:
unite, unify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. engage in sexual intercourse
- Birds mate in the Spring
• Syn:
copulate, mate, pair
• Derivationally related forms:
coupling, pair (for: pair), pairing (for: pair), mate (for: mate), mating (for: mate), copulatory (for: copulate), copulation (for: copulate)
• Hypernyms:
join, conjoin
• Hyponyms:
nick, sleep together, 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, breed, cover,
sodomize, sodomise, bugger
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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