couple

1. A pair who associate with one another (synset 108002070)
   "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"
   is a type of: pair - two people considered as a unit
   subtypes: same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family
   same as: duet, duo, twosome
2. A pair of people who live together (synset 108005299)
   "a married couple from Chicago"
   is a type of: family, family unit - primary social group; parents and children
   subtypes:

   • power couple - a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential
   • dink - a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
   same as: match, mates
3. A small indefinite number (synset 113793430)
   "he's coming for a couple of days"
   is a type of: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
4. Two items of the same kind (synset 113765745)
   is a type of: 2, deuce, ii, two - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
   subtypes: doubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
   has: fellow, mate - one of a pair
   same as: brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke
5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines (synset 109280469)
   referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
   is a type of: building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
   subtypes: dipole - a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance
   has: moment of a couple - given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them

1. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together (synset 201295488)
   "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"
   is a type of: join - cause to become joined or linked
   subtypes:

   • mismate - provide with an unsuitable mate
   • mismatch - match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together
   same as: match, mate, pair, twin
   verb group: match - give or join in marriage
2. Link together (synset 201300210)
   "can we couple these proposals?"
   is a type of: attach - cause to be attached
   same as: couple on, couple up
3. Form a pair or pairs (synset 202496079)
   "The two old friends paired off"
   is a type of: unify, unite - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
   same as: pair, pair off, partner off
4. Engage in sexual intercourse (synset 201431486)
   "Birds mate in the Spring"
   is a type of: conjoin, join - make contact or come together
   subtypes:

   • nick - mate successfully; of livestock
   • bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with - have sexual intercourse with
   • tread - mate with
   • serve, service - mate with
   • deflower, ruin - deprive of virginity
   • mount, ride - copulate with
   • breed, cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses
   • bugger, sodomise, sodomize - practice anal sex upon
   • sodomise, sodomize - copulate with an animal
   same as: copulate, mate, pair

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