koppelen — meaning in English

English meaning

• bind verb To tie, fasten, or hold something together tightly, using rope, cord, a band, or similar.
• couple noun Two people who are in a romantic relationship or married.
• mate noun A friend or companion, especially of the same sex.
• pair noun Two matching or related things considered together.
• pander verb To act in a way that indulges or appeals to someone's weaknesses, desires, or lower tastes, often for personal gain.

Senses

koppelen is used for these senses in English:

• bind (transitive) To couple.
• couple (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
• mate (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
• pair (transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
• pander (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.

bind — full definition

1. verb To tie, fasten, or hold something together tightly, using rope, cord, a band, or similar.
2. verb To hold someone under a legal, moral, or promised obligation.
3. verb In computing, to link or associate a name, variable, or module with a value or piece of code.
4. noun A difficult or awkward situation with no easy way out.

couple — full definition

1. noun Two people who are in a romantic relationship or married.
2. noun A small, unspecified number of things or people — roughly two or a few.
3. verb To join or connect two things together.

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