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      couple
      noun
      Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
      Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
      (informal) A small number.
      That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
      (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
      One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
      (architecture) A couple-close.
      verb
      (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
      (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
      (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
      (horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
      (transitive, dated) To join in wedlock; to marry.
      adjective
      (informal, US, Canada) Two or (a) small number of.
      Roots
      aperecop- · Latin · to fasten, join
      Synonyms for couple
      twosomenduadnpairnmatesnduondyadntwondistichnseveraladjduetncopulatevtwainncoupletn
      Words related to couple
      recouplefewadjthreenaccouplementndicephalousadjfourntwinadjdoubletonnspousesndozennnewlywednthreesomenfivensomeadjsixnmaritallyadvbinateadjmarriagesnweeksnconjugalitynonesadjternionnmarriedsnsexennialjugatevconjugallyadvlovebirdsn

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