Definitions for uncoupleʌnˈkʌp əl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•cou•pleʌnˈkʌp əl(v.)-pled, -pling.

  1. (v.t.)to release the coupling or link between; disconnect.

  2. (v.i.)to become unfastened; let go.

  3. Informal. to divorce or separate.

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Origin of uncouple:

1300–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. uncouple, decouple(verb)

    disconnect or separate

    "uncouple the hounds"

Wiktionary

  1. uncouple(Verb)

    To disconnect or detach one thing from another.

  2. uncouple(Verb)

    To come loose.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uncouple(verb)

    to loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars

  2. Uncouple(verb)

    to roam at liberty


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