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- DictionaryUn·cou·ple/ˌənˈkəp(ə)l/
verb
- 1. disconnect (something, especially a railroad vehicle that has been coupled to another): "they uncoupled the engine"
The meaning of UNCOUPLE is to release (dogs) from a pair of joined collars. How to use uncouple in a sentence.
UNCOUPLE definition: 1. to separate two things that are joined together: 2. to separate two things that are joined…. Learn more.
verb [ T ] us / ʌnˈkʌp. ə l / uk / ʌnˈkʌp. ə l / Add to word list. to separate two things that are joined together: The engine had been uncoupled from the rest of the train. Opposite. couple. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Isolating and separating. at one/this etc. remove idiom. Brexit. compartmentalization. compartmentalize.
Definition of uncouple verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
IPA guide. Other forms: uncoupled; uncoupling; uncouples. Definitions of uncouple. verb. disconnect or separate. “ uncouple the hounds”. synonyms: decouple. see more.
uncouple. If two vehicles or pieces of equipment are uncoupled, they have been unfastened and are no longer joined together. They uncoupled the passenger cars from the train engine. If two things that were connected or combined are uncoupled, they have been separated from each other.
Definitions of 'uncouple'. 1. If two vehicles or pieces of equipment are uncoupled, they have been unfastened and are no longer joined together. [...] 2. If two things that were connected or combined are uncoupled, they have been separated from each other. [...]
uncouple (third-person singular simple present uncouples, present participle uncoupling, simple past and past participle uncoupled) ( transitive) To disconnect or detach one thing from another. We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind.
un•cou•ple. (ʌnˈkʌp əl) v. -pled, -pling. v.t. 1. to release the coupling or link between; disconnect. v.i. 2. to become unfastened; let go. 3. Informal. to divorce or separate. [1300–50]
1. to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go. to uncouple railroad cars. intransitive verb. 2. to become unfastened; let go. The glider uncoupled from the tow plane.
