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uncouple

Pronunciation:  un'kupul

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 Definition: [v]  disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds"
 
 Antonyms: couple, couple on, couple up
 
 See Also: disconnect

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Un*cou"ple\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + couple.]
    To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to
    disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
    
    
  2. \Un*cou"ple\, v. i.
    To roam at liberty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
    
 



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