Couple

  • 41couple — nf., attelage de deux couple chevaux /// boeufs ; troupe de chevaux attachés par couple ; couple humain (plaisant, péj.) : KOBLyA (Annecy, Arvillard, Samoëns, Thônes | Albanais.001, Gruffy). E. : Glane, Paire. A1) nm., couple (d amoureux...) :… …

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  • 42couple — 1. noun a) Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship. I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; b) Two of the same kind connected or considered together (see Usage notes). couple of tables; one… …

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  • 43couple — 1. noun 1) the next couple is a sister act from Trenton Syn: pair, duo, twosome, two; archaic twain, brace 2) a honeymoon couple Syn: husband and wife, twosome, partners, lovers; informal item 3) …

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  • 44couple — /ˈkʌpəl / (say kupuhl) noun 1. a combination of two; a pair. 2. two of the same sort connected or considered together. 3. two people in a romantic relationship: a young married couple. 4. two people associated as partners in a dance, etc. 5. a… …

  • 45couple up — verb a) To put into a couple; to put into a group of two. For this next challenge, youll need to couple up with someone. b) To get into pairs; to become a group of two …

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  • 46couple — a system of forces composed of two equal forces of opposite direction, offset by a distance. A couple is statically equivalent to a moment whose magnitude equals the magnitude of the force times the offset distance. overturning couple …

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  • 47couple —    1. (with)    to copulate with    The standard meanings are to marry of humans and to copulate of animals:     Thou hast coupled this Hindoo slut. (Fraser, 1975, writing in archaic style)     Only ten minutes ago she had been coupling with me… …

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  • 48couple — Alliance de deux personnes qui cohabitent depuis plus de six mois et qui partagent les taches domestiques. C’est par l’effet pervers des médias que la notion de couple est indissolublement attachée à la promiscuité sexuelle. Abus de formalisme,… …

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  • 49couple — 1. noun 1) a couple of girls Syn: pair, duo, twosome, two, brace 2) a honeymoon couple Syn: husband and wife, twosome, partners, lovers; informal item 2. verb 1) …

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  • 50couple —   Lua, pa a, papa lua.    ♦ Married couple, pa a male.    ♦ Bridal couple, pa a male hou …

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