coupling
noun
[ ˈkʌplɪŋ ]
• a device for connecting parts of machinery.
• "undo the couplings so you can lift the pump out"
• the pairing of two items.
• "the coupling of tribunals with ministerial enquiries"
• the action of mating or having sexual intercourse.
• two people in a romantic relationship; a couple.
couple
verb
• link or combine (something) with something else.
• "a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss"
Similar:
combine,
integrate,
mix,
incorporate,
accompany,
link,
team,
associate,
connect,
ally,
add to,
join to,
conjoin,
• mate or have sexual intercourse.
• "as middle-class youth grew more tolerant of sex, they started to couple more often"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’. Compare with copula and copulate.
