Akademik

couch
1. noun /kaʊtʃ/
a) An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
b) Bed, resting-place. ,
Syn: davenport, divan, settee, sofa
2. verb /kaʊtʃ/
a) To lie down; to recline (upon a couch).

He couched it as a request, but it was an order.

b) To phrase in a certain manner.

You have overlooked a fallacy couched in the experiment of the stick.

Syn: express, phrase, term, word

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