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couch

Definition

  • noun: a long piece of furniture on which a person can sit or lie down
  • verb: to lay (oneself) down for rest or sleep
  • verb: to say or express (something) in a particular way
  • usually used as '(be) couched'
  • synonyms: sofa, bed, conceal

Examples

  • The letter 'was couched in' polite terms.

  • a psychiatrist's 'couch'

Movie quotes

  • (..) Oh horrible, oh horrible, most horrible. If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest But howsoever thou pursuest this act... ...taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught (..)
    2015 Hamlet