Coupled

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  coupled \coupled\ adj.
     1. joined together especially in a pair or pairs.
  
     Syn: conjugate, conjugated.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. connected by a physical link, as railway cars or trailer
        trucks. Opposite of {unconnected} or {unlinked}
  
     Syn: joined, linked.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Couple \Cou"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coupled} (k[u^]p"'ld); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Coupling} (k[u^]p"l[i^]ng).] [F. coupler, fr.
     L. copulare. See {Couple}, n., and cf. {Copulate}, {Cobble},
     v.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or
        fasten together; to join.
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              Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . .
              .
              And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.]
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              A parson who couples all our beggars. --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coupled
       adj 1: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: {conjugate},
               {conjugated}]
       2: connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks [syn:
           {joined}, {linked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "coupled":
     accessory, accompanying, affiliate, affiliated, allied, assembled,
     associate, associated, attendant, attending, banded together,
     biconjugate, bigeminate, bijugate, bound, bracketed, cabalistic,
     coincident, collateral, collected, combined, concomitant,
     concurrent, confederate, confederated, conjoined, conjoint,
     conjugate, conjugated, connected, conspiratorial, copulate,
     corporate, correlated, correlative, enleagued, federate, federated,
     fellow, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, implicated,
     in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, incorporated,
     integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, intimate,
     involved, joined, joint, knotted, leagued, linked, married,
     matched, mated, merged, mutual, of that ilk, of that kind, one,
     paired, parallel, partnered, partners with, related, simultaneous,
     spliced, teamed, tied, twin, twinned, undivided, united,
     unseparated, wed, wedded, yoked