Definition of: couple

(kup′əl) noun
1. Two of a kind; a pair.
2. Two persons of opposite sex, wedded or otherwise paired; partners in a dance.
3. A coupler; bond; leash.
4. Mech. A pair of equal forces acting in opposite and parallel lines, thus tending to turn a body around without moving it from its place.
5. Electr. Two dissimilar metals joined to form a voltaic element in a battery; a voltaic couple.
—v. coup·led, coup·ling v.t.
1. To join, as one thing to another; link; unite in pairs.
2. To join in wedlock; marry.
3. Electr. To connect (two electric currents or circuits) magnetically or directly.
—v.i.
4. To copulate.
5. To form a pair or pairs. [<OF cople <L copula a band, a bond]