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Webster 1913 Edition


Uncouple

Un-cou′ple

,
Verb.
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
.

Un-cou′ple

,
Verb.
I.
To roam at liberty.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Uncouple

UNCOUPLE

,
Verb.
T.
uncup'pl. To loose dogs from their couples; to set loose; to disjoin.

Definition 2024


uncouple

uncouple

English

Verb

uncouple (third-person singular simple present uncouples, present participle uncoupling, simple past and past participle uncoupled)

  1. (transitive) To disconnect or detach one thing from another.
    • We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind
  2. (transitive) To come loose.
  3. To loose, as dogs, from their couples.

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