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Adjective: coupled  kú-puld
  1. Joined together especially in a pair or pairs
    "The coupled oscillators moved in sync";
    - conjugate, conjugated
     
  2. Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
    "The coupled train cars stretched for miles";
    - joined, linked
Verb: couple  kú-pul
  1. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
    "This fact is coupled to the other one";
    - match, mate, pair, twin
     
  2. Link together
    "can we couple these proposals?"; "They coupled on the additional train cars"; "The train cars were coupled up before departure";
    - couple on, couple up
     
  3. Form a pair or pairs
    "The two old friends coupled off";
    - pair, pair off, partner off
     
  4. Engage in sexual intercourse
    "Birds couple in the spring";
    - copulate, mate, pair

See also: connected, united

Type of: attach, conjoin [formal], join, unify, unite

Antonym: decouple

Encyclopedia: Coupled

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