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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

couple up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two.
    • It is utterly impossible for any factory in the United States to couple up 8,000 feet of hose within ten hours unless they had thirty or forty men on and have the couplings made, […] 1892, Congressional Serial Set, page 492:
  2. (intransitive) To get into pairs; to become a group of two.
    • For this next challenge, you'll need to couple up with someone.
    • By contrast, lesbians are sexually sedate. They don’t cruise sex clubs. They couple up and stay coupled, and they like cuddling and hugging more than they do serious, genitally-based sex. 1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
coupling up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coupled up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coupled up Tense=Past lexicographic
couples up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

pal up · pair up