couch

🇺🇸 /kaʊtʃ/ 🇬🇧 /kaʊtʃ/
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noun
R

a long soft seat for many people

The family sat together on the big couch to watch a movie.

R

a long bed-like seat, especially in a doctor's room

She lay on the doctor's couch during her check-up.

verb
R

to say or write something in a certain way

His apology was couched in very careful words.

translation

n. a long soft seat for many people; a long bed-like seat, especially in a doctor's room
v. to say or write something in a certain way

Word Forms

3rd Present couches
Past couched
Perfect couched
Progressive couching
Plural couches