uncouple

uncouple
Synonyms and related words:
abrupt, abstract, alienate, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, estrange, expel, isolate, leave, part, pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, throw off, throw out, unyoke, withdraw

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  • Uncouple — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Uncouple — Un*cou ple, v. i. To roam at liberty. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uncouple — index break (separate), detach, disband, disjoint, dissociate, dissolve (separate), divide ( …   Law dictionary

  • uncouple — (v.) c.1300, from UN (Cf. un ) (2) opposite of + COUPLE (Cf. couple) (v.). Cf. M.Du. ontcoppelen. Related: Uncoupled; uncoupling …   Etymology dictionary

  • uncouple — [unkup′əl] vt. uncoupled, uncoupling 1. to release (dogs) from being leashed together in couples 2. to unfasten (things coupled); disconnect vi. to become unfastened …   English World dictionary

  • uncouple — UK [ʌnˈkʌp(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms uncouple : present tense I/you/we/they uncouple he/she/it uncouples present participle uncoupling past tense uncoupled past participle uncoupled to separate two things, or to become… …   English dictionary

  • uncouple — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to release (dogs) from a pair of joined collars 2. detach, disconnect < uncouple railroad cars > • uncoupler noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • uncouple — /un kup euhl/, v., uncoupled, uncoupling. v.t. 1. to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars. v.i. 2. to become unfastened; let go: The glider uncoupled from the tow plane. [1300 50; ME unco(u)plen; see …   Universalium

  • uncouple — verb a) To disconnect or detach one thing from another. b) To come loose. See Also: couple, uncoupled …   Wiktionary

  • uncouple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unyoke, disconnect. See disjunction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disconnect, sever, sunder, divorce; see divide 1 , separate 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To separate one thing from another thing …   English dictionary for students

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