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coupling
Overview of noun coupling
The noun coupling has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) yoke, coupling -- (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)
2. coupling, coupler -- (a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects)
3. coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union -- (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring")
Overview of verb couple
The verb couple has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) match, mate, couple, pair, twin -- (bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "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")
2. (2) couple, couple on, couple up -- (link together; "can we couple these proposals?")
3. (1) pair, pair off, partner off, couple -- (form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off")
4. copulate, mate, pair, couple -- (make love; "Birds mate in the Spring")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coupling
3 senses of coupling
Sense 1
yoke, coupling
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
coupling, coupler
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun coupling
2 of 3 senses of coupling
Sense 2
coupling, coupler
=> clevis
=> clutch
=> fluid drive
=> swivel
=> turnbuckle
=> universal joint, universal
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> assortative mating
=> disassortative mating
=> hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
=> inbreeding
=> servicing, service
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coupling
3 senses of coupling
Sense 1
yoke, coupling
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
Sense 2
coupling, coupler
=> mechanical device
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Antonyms of noun coupling
Member Holonyms of noun coupling
Substance Holonyms of noun coupling
Part Holonyms of noun coupling
Member Meronyms of noun coupling
Substance Meronyms of noun coupling
Part Meronyms of noun coupling
Meronyms of noun coupling
Holonyms of noun coupling
Attributes of noun coupling
Derived Forms of noun coupling
3 senses of coupling
Sense 1
yoke, coupling
RELATED TO>(verb) couple#1
=> match, mate, couple, pair, twin
Sense 2
coupling, coupler
RELATED TO>(verb) couple#2
=> couple, couple on, couple up
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
RELATED TO>(verb) couple#4
=> copulate, mate, pair, couple
Domain of noun coupling
Domain Terms of noun coupling
Familiarity of noun coupling
coupling used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun coupling
3 senses of coupling
Sense 1
yoke, coupling
> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> attachment, bond
=> backbone
=> ground, earth
=> hitch
=> hookup
=> jumper
=> junction, conjunction
=> slip ring
=> telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line
=> temporary hookup, patch
=> yoke, coupling
Sense 2
coupling, coupler
> mechanical device
=> broadcaster, spreader
=> bumper
=> bumper guard
=> carburetor, carburettor
=> compressor
=> copyholder
=> coupling, coupler
=> curler, hair curler, roller, crimper
=> diaphragm, stop
=> dicer
=> electromechanical device
=> escapement
=> gearshift, gearstick, shifter, gear lever
=> grab
=> hook, claw
=> machine, simple machine
=> pantograph
=> piston, plunger
=> propeller, propellor
=> pump
=> ratchet, rachet, ratch
=> record changer, auto-changer, changer
=> ride
=> seeder
=> shutter
=> splicer
=> splint
=> sprinkler
=> stator, stator coil
=> stoker
=> stretcher
=> striker
=> supply chamber
=> swing
=> tone arm, pickup, pickup arm
=> trap
=> vibrator
=> vibrator
=> voting machine
=> weathervane, weather vane, vane, wind vane
=> wheelwork
=> winder
=> winder, key
=> windshield wiper, windscreen wiper, wiper, wiper blade
Sense 3
coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
=> bondage
=> outercourse
=> safe sex
=> conception
=> sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
=> pleasure
=> sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life
=> carnal abuse
=> coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life
=> foreplay, arousal, stimulation
=> perversion, sexual perversion
=> autoeroticism, autoerotism
=> promiscuity, promiscuousness, sleeping around
=> lechery
=> homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness
=> bisexuality
=> heterosexuality, heterosexualism, straightness
=> bestiality, zooerastia, zooerasty
Meronyms of noun coupling
3 senses of coupling
Sense 1
yoke, coupling
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
coupling, coupler
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun coupling
Grep of noun coupling
coupling
Antonyms of verb couple
1 of 4 senses of couple
Sense 2
couple, couple on, couple up
Antonym of uncouple (Sense 1)
=>uncouple, decouple
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb couple
4 senses of couple
Sense 1
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> join, bring together
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 2
couple, couple on, couple up
=> attach
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 3
pair, pair off, partner off, couple
=> unite, unify
=> join, fall in, get together
Sense 4
copulate, mate, pair, couple
=> join, conjoin
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb couple
2 of 4 senses of couple
Sense 1
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> mismate
=> mismatch
Sense 4
copulate, mate, pair, couple
=> nick
=> 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
=> backcross
=> breed, cover
=> sodomize, sodomise, bugger
=> sodomize, sodomise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb couple
4 senses of couple
Sense 1
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> join, bring together
Sense 2
couple, couple on, couple up
=> attach
Sense 3
pair, pair off, partner off, couple
=> unite, unify
Sense 4
copulate, mate, pair, couple
=> join, conjoin
'Cause To' of verb couple
Derived Forms of verb couple
4 senses of couple
Sense 1
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
RELATED TO>(noun) couple#4
=> couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
RELATED TO>(noun) coupling#1
=> yoke, coupling
Sense 2
couple, couple on, couple up
RELATED TO>(noun) coupler#1
=> coupling, coupler
RELATED TO>(noun) coupling#2
=> coupling, coupler
Sense 3
pair, pair off, partner off, couple
RELATED TO>(noun) couple#3
=> couple, twosome, duo, duet
Sense 4
copulate, mate, pair, couple
RELATED TO>(noun) couple#2
=> couple, mates, match
RELATED TO>(noun) coupling#3
=> coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
Domain of verb couple
Domain Terms of verb couple
Familiarity of verb couple
couple used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb couple
4 senses of couple
Sense 1
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
couple, couple on, couple up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
pair, pair off, partner off, couple
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 4
copulate, mate, pair, couple
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb couple
4 senses of couple
Sense 1
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
> join, bring together
=> ankylose, ancylose
=> connect
=> connect
=> miter
=> ply
=> close up, close
=> anastomose, inosculate
=> match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> match
=> mortice, mortise
=> cog
=> fair
=> scarf
=> rebate
=> rabbet
=> seam
=> bridge
=> close
=> ligate
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> sovietize, sovietise
Sense 2
couple, couple on, couple up
> attach
=> fixate, fix
=> tether
=> fasten
=> hinge
=> bell
=> ring, band
=> couple, couple on, couple up
=> affix
=> bind
=> hitch, catch
=> append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on
=> append, add on, supplement, affix
=> tape
=> glue, paste
=> pin down, pin up
=> peg, peg down
=> fasten, fix, secure
=> mount
=> affix, stick on
=> nail
=> hook up
=> clip
=> insert, infix, enter, introduce
=> yoke
=> harness, tackle
=> yoke, link
=> saddle
=> tag, label, mark
=> limber, limber up
Sense 3
pair, pair off, partner off, couple
> unite, unify
=> league
=> federate, federalize, federalise
=> confederate
=> ally with
=> consociate, associate
=> band together, confederate
=> reunify, reunite
=> marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
=> pair, pair off, partner off, couple
=> club
Sense 4
copulate, mate, pair, couple
> join, conjoin
=> feather
=> attach
=> cross-link
=> anastomose, inosculate
=> copulate, mate, pair, couple
=> yoke
=> graft, engraft, ingraft
=> splice
=> splice
=> patch, piece
=> solder
=> weld
=> quilt
=> knit, entwine
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb couple
Sense 1
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> join, bring together
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Sense 2
couple, couple on, couple up
=> attach
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Sense 3
pair, pair off, partner off, couple
=> unite, unify
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Sense 4
copulate, mate, pair, couple
=> join, conjoin
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Grep of verb couple
couple
couple on
couple up
decouple
uncouple
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