"uncouple" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English uncouple; equivalent to un- + couple.",
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      "form": "uncouples",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "uncoupling",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "uncoupled",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 June, “Talking of Trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323",
          "text": "The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948",
          "text": "The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To disconnect or detach one thing from another."
      ],
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          "disconnect",
          "disconnect"
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          "detach",
          "detach"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To disconnect or detach one thing from another."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razedinjavam",
          "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
          "word": "разединявам"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
          "word": "abhängen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "english": "trailer, wagon",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
          "word": "abkuppeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
          "word": "loslösen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozčipljaty",
          "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
          "word": "розчіпляти"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozʺjednuvaty",
          "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
          "word": "роз'єднувати"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To come loose."
      ],
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          "loose",
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        "(transitive) To come loose."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "To loose, as dogs, from their couples."
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        "(transitive) To loose, as dogs, from their couples."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ʌnˈkʌpəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpəl"
    },
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with un-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌpəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌpəl/3 syllables"
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    {
      "word": "uncoupled"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "uncoupling",
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      "form": "uncoupled",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 June, “Talking of Trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323",
          "text": "The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948",
          "text": "The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disconnect or detach one thing from another."
      ],
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          "disconnect"
        ],
        [
          "detach",
          "detach"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To disconnect or detach one thing from another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come loose."
      ],
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        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To come loose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To loose, as dogs, from their couples."
      ],
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        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To loose, as dogs, from their couples."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʌnˈkʌpəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpəl"
    },
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razedinjavam",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "разединявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "abhängen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "trailer, wagon",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "abkuppeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "loslösen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozčipljaty",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "розчіпляти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozʺjednuvaty",
      "sense": "to disconnect or detach",
      "word": "роз'єднувати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncouple"
}