uncouple Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disconnect or separate
    decouple.
    • uncouple the hounds

WordNet

Un*cou"ple transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + couple.
Definitions
  1. To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
Un*cou"ple intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To roam at liberty. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913