"uncouple" meaning in All languages combined

See uncouple on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈkʌpəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uncouple.wav Forms: uncouples [present, singular, third-person], uncoupling [participle, present], uncoupled [participle, past], uncoupled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌpəl Etymology: From Middle English uncouple; equivalent to un- + couple. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uncouple}} Middle English uncouple, {{prefix|en|un|couple}} un- + couple Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to disconnect or detach): разединявам (razedinjavam) (Bulgarian), abhängen (German), abkuppeln (english: trailer, wagon) (German), loslösen (German), розчіпляти (rozčipljaty) (Ukrainian), роз'єднувати (rozʺjednuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-uncouple-en-verb-uBT-J4P4 Disambiguation of 'to disconnect or detach': 98 0 2
  2. (transitive) To come loose. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-uncouple-en-verb-m8kswCW0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 28 43 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 88 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 72 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 84 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 84 8
  3. (transitive) To loose, as dogs, from their couples. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-uncouple-en-verb-QUy0NBME
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: uncoupled

Inflected forms

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        "To come loose."
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      "roman": "razedinjavam",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "разединявам"
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      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "abhängen"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "abkuppeln"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "loslösen"
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