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Noun couple has 5 senses
- couple - a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"
--1 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
- couple, mates, match - a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
--2 is a kind of family, family unit
--2 has particulars: power couple; DINK
- couple, twosome, duo, duet - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"
--3 is a kind of pair
--3 has particulars: same-sex marriage
- couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad - two items of the same kind
--4 is a kind of two, 2, II, deuce
--4 has particulars: doubleton
- couple - something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
--5 is a kind of unit, building block
--5 has part: moment
--5 has particulars: dipole
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