Meaning of couple | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
2. partner (spouse)
3. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
4. Two or few: "Every couple years the urge strikes, to ... haul off to a new site" (Garrison Keillor).
5. feminine singular of parejo
6. A small number.
   informal
7. to join together. The coaches were coupled (together), and the train set off. koppel يَقرِنُ بين شيئيْن съединявам (се) juntar spojit verbinden forbinde; koble sammen ενώνωacoplar, enganchar kokku haakima به هم وصل کردن؛ به هم پیوستن yhdistää atteler לְהַצמִיד मिलाना, जोड़ना spariti összekapcsol merangkaikan tengja collegare つなぐ 연결하다 sukabinti, sujungti, susieti savienot pāros; sakabināt dipasangkan aaneenkoppelensammenkople spinać وصل کول، juntar a cu­pla сцеплять spojiť spojiti (se) upariti...
8. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
9. two lines of verse, one following the other, which rhyme with each other. koeplet مَقْطَع شِعري مُكوَّن من بيْتَيْن двустишие dístico dvojverší das Reimpaar kuplet δίστιχοpareado riimipaar بیت säepari distique צֶמֶד שׁוּרוֹת חֲרוּזוֹת दोहा dvostih rímes verspár kuplet tvær rímaðar ljóðlínur distico 二行連句 연결하다 rimuotas dvieilis [] divrinde ar atskaņām kuplet coupletkuplett dwuwiersz جفت، دو مصری چی یو قافیه لری dístico cuplet; distih рифмованное двустишие dvojveršie kuplet distih rimmat verspar...
10. A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
11. a link for joining things together. The railway carriage was damaged when the coupling broke. koppeling وَصلة مَكبات السكَّة الحَديديَّه връзка acoplamento připojení, spřahlo die Verbindung kobling σύνδεσμοςacoplamiento, enganche sidur اتصال؛ پیوست kytkentä attelageחיבור युग्मन, संयोजन spoj (össze)kapcsolás sambungan tengibúnaður agganciamento 連結 (器) 연결 장치 sankaba savienošana; savienojums; sakabe gandingan koppelingkoplingłącznik متصل ، پیوست acoplamento cuplare сцепка spoj spona spojnica kop...
12. A couple-close.
13. Two items of the same kind; a pair.
14. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
15. Something that joins or connects two things together; a link.
16. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)a. Two people united, as by betrothal or marriage.
17. Informal A few; several: a couple of days.
    Informal
18. Physics A pair of forces of equal magnitude acting in parallel but opposite directions, capable of causing rotation but not translation.
    Physics
19. To link together; connect: coupled her refusal with an explanation.

Equivalents

Examples

“A couple of police officers appeared at the door.”

“'Tis in some sort with Friends (Pardon the Coarseness of the illustration) as it is with Dogs in Couples. They should be of the same Size; and Humour; and That which Pleases the One should Please the Other”

“[…]couple of tables; one of which bore some preparations for supper; while, on the other […]”

“The number of Souls in the Kingdom being uſually reckon'd one Million and a half, Of theſe I calculate there may be about tvvo hundred thouſand Couple vvhoſe VVives are Breeders, from vvhich Number I Subſtract thirty Thouſand Couples, vvho are able to maintain their ovvn Children, […]”

“A couple of billiard balls, all mud and dirt, two battered hats, a champagne bottle […]”

“‘Oh, merely a couple of hundred a year, but the work is slight, and it need not interfere very much with one’s other occupations.’”

“When we got on board again after a couple of hours on shore[…]”

“Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.”

“And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.”

“I’ll keep my stables where / I lodge my wife; I’ll go in couples with her;”

“As we passed the deserted mountain-dairy, we must have crossed the fresh track of a hare, because the hounds became rather uneasy in the couples.”

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