uncoupling
uncoupling is the present participle and gerund of uncouple.
Meaning of uncouple
Verb
uncouple (third-person singular simple present uncouples, present participle uncoupling, simple past and past participle uncoupled)
- To disconnect or detach one thing from another.
- We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind.
- To come loose.
- To loose, as dogs, from their couples.
Noun
uncoupling (plural uncouplings)
- The act by which persons or things are uncoupled.
- It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.1960 June, “Talking of trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323
- This uncoupling done, Gimbert opened the regulator as Nightall climbed back onto the footplate, in order to pull the one burning wagon away from the rest of the bomb-laden train.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42
Forms of uncoupling
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Words formed from uncoupling
Questions about uncoupling
- What does uncoupling mean?
- Uncoupling means the act by which persons or things are uncoupled.
- What is uncoupling the present participle and gerund of?
- Uncoupling is the present participle and gerund of uncouple.
- What part of speech is uncoupling?
- Uncoupling is a noun.
- What is the plural of uncoupling?
- The plural of uncoupling is uncouplings.
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