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un·cou·ple

(ŭn-kŭp′əl)

v. un·cou·pled, un·cou·pling, un·cou·ples

v.tr.

1. To disconnect: uncouple railroad cars.

2. To set loose or release from a couple.

v.intr.

To come or break loose.

un·cou′pler n.

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uncouple

(ʌnˈkʌpəl)

1. to disconnect or unfasten or become disconnected or unfastened

2. (tr) to set loose; release

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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]

uncouple

Past participle: uncoupled
Gerund: uncoupling

Imperative
uncouple
uncouple

Present
I uncouple
you uncouple
he/she/it uncouples
we uncouple
you uncouple
they uncouple

Preterite
I uncoupled
you uncoupled
he/she/it uncoupled
we uncoupled
you uncoupled
they uncoupled

Present Continuous
I am uncoupling
you are uncoupling
he/she/it is uncoupling
we are uncoupling
you are uncoupling
they are uncoupling

Present Perfect
I have uncoupled
you have uncoupled
he/she/it has uncoupled
we have uncoupled
you have uncoupled
they have uncoupled

Past Continuous
I was uncoupling
you were uncoupling
he/she/it was uncoupling
we were uncoupling
you were uncoupling
they were uncoupling

Past Perfect
I had uncoupled
you had uncoupled
he/she/it had uncoupled
we had uncoupled
you had uncoupled
they had uncoupled

Future
I will uncouple
you will uncouple
he/she/it will uncouple
we will uncouple
you will uncouple
they will uncouple

Future Perfect
I will have uncoupled
you will have uncoupled
he/she/it will have uncoupled
we will have uncoupled
you will have uncoupled
they will have uncoupled

Future Continuous
I will be uncoupling
you will be uncoupling
he/she/it will be uncoupling
we will be uncoupling
you will be uncoupling
they will be uncoupling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been uncoupling
you have been uncoupling
he/she/it has been uncoupling
we have been uncoupling
you have been uncoupling
they have been uncoupling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been uncoupling
you will have been uncoupling
he/she/it will have been uncoupling
we will have been uncoupling
you will have been uncoupling
they will have been uncoupling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been uncoupling
you had been uncoupling
he/she/it had been uncoupling
we had been uncoupling
you had been uncoupling
they had been uncoupling

Conditional
I would uncouple
you would uncouple
he/she/it would uncouple
we would uncouple
you would uncouple
they would uncouple

Past Conditional
I would have uncoupled
you would have uncoupled
he/she/it would have uncoupled
we would have uncoupled
you would have uncoupled
they would have uncoupled

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Verb

uncouple - disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds"

decouple

disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

couple on, couple up, couple - link together; "can we couple these proposals?"

uncouple

verb

To separate one thing from another thing:

detach, disconnect, disengage.

Translations

détacher

sganciare staccare

uncouple

[ˈʌnˈkʌpl] VT → desenganchar, desacoplar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

uncouple

vt train, trailer → abkuppeln, abkoppeln; to uncouple something from something (fig) → etw von etw loslösen

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uncouple

[ʌnˈkʌpl] vt → sganciare

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