couch

couch

verb

Definition of COUCH

1

to convey in appropriate or telling terms <I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore>

Synonyms articulate, clothe, couch, express, formulate, put, say, state, word

Related Words craft, frame; hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest; paraphrase, rephrase, restate, reword, summarize, translate; communicate, disclose, speak, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize; describe, render, write up

2

to lie low with the limbs close to the body <I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex>

Synonyms couch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down), scrunch, squat, squinch

Related Words curl up