Definition of couch
transitive verb
1 : to lay (oneself) down for rest or sleep The lion couched himself by a tree.
2 : to embroider (a design) by laying down a thread and fastening it with small stitches at regular intervals
3 : to place or hold level and pointed forward ready for use Couching his lance, he seated himself firmly in his saddle … — W. Somerset Maugham
4 : to phrase or express in a specified manner The comments were couched in strong terms.
intransitive verb
1 : to lie down or recline for sleep or rest the odd way a camel couches
2 : to lie in ambush The tiger couches in the thick grass, watching its prey move closer.
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Examples of couch in a Sentence
I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore.
I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex.
Recent Examples of couch from the Web
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Trump has couched his refusal to continue with this process as part of his near-wholesale rejection of Obama and his presidency.
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And true to form, Mr. Peltz, whose asset management firm is called Trian Partners, couched his effort as friendly.
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Obama then rattled off a series of relativist, on-the-one-hand and on-the-other-hand, split-the-difference remedies to the current tensions with radical Islamism (all couched in vague euphemisms).
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Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Le Maire outlined the government’s aim to take a greater leadership role in Europe, and couched Emmanuel Macron’s ambitious program of domestic economic reforms as an effort to build...
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One photograph by Scotti — shared widely on social media — shows Trudeau couching down to high-five a young girl dressed as Wonder Woman and holding a rainbow flag.
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There’s also room for people to get offended by the civil rights movement being reflected with AI characters—though that would be an interpretation couched in the assumption that a different form of life is less valuable.
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Her argument, couched in humanistic and artistic terms, has just been starkly quantified by the algorithm.
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In texts and calls the day of the news conference, both Braynon, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, couched the special session as a quid pro quo deal.
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Origin and Etymology of couch
Middle English, from Anglo-French cucher, from Latin collocare to set in place — more at collocate
couch
Definition of couch
1a : an article of furniture for sitting or recliningb : a couch on which a patient reclines when undergoing psychoanalysis
2 : the den of an animal (such as an otter)
on the couch
: receiving psychoanalytic treatment
Examples of couch in a Sentence
find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home
Recent Examples of couch from the Web
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A leather couch, slashed open and turned over, stretched across one wall.
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The fact that people could have rich, varied sex lives without ever leaving their couches both fascinated and frightened her.
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Modular parts snap onto the V7 Motorhead Cord-Free Vacuum, allowing you to vacuum your floor, your couch, and your car with the same machine.
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All that work, and all that was proven was what some guy on his couch down the street in Santa Clara could’ve told them: Walsh was a savant.
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After weeks of couch-surfing, Smith and her children — their father was shot a few years ago — got a spot in the local Salvation Army's transitional housing program.
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A report on the June 5 incident indicates Lyles sat on a couch in the same apartment, a child in her lap, and repeatedly refused officers’ orders to drop the scissors.
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And Greg Gianforte can find $385 in his couch cushions — the multimillionaire has already pledged to donate $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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There were quite a few others in the room, sitting behind us on couches and chairs.
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Origin and Etymology of couch
Middle English couche bed, from Anglo-French kuche, from cucher
COUCH Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of couch for English Language Learners
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: to say or express (something) in a particular way
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Definition of couch for English Language Learners
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: a long piece of furniture on which a person can sit or lie down
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: a piece of furniture for a patient to lie on at a doctor's office
COUCH Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of couch for Students
: a long piece of furniture that a person can sit or lie on
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of couch
: to treat (a cataract or a person who has a cataract) by displacing the lens of the eye into the vitreous body
couch
Medical Definition of couch
: an article of furniture used (as by a patient undergoing psychoanalysis) for sitting or reclining
on the couch
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