couch
verb /kaʊtʃ/ formalDefinition
couch sth in/as sth › to express something in a particular way: [often passive] I don't understand this form - it's all couched in legal terminology.Expressing and asking opinionsRemarks and remarkingControlling emotions
(Definition of couch verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- editorialize verb
- express verb (SHOW)
- far adverb (DISTANCE)
- for my money idiom
- get on your soapbox idiom
- give voice to sth idiom
- have your day in court idiom
- propound verb
- put yourself across phrasal verb
- run sth by sb phrasal verb
- say verb (THINK)
- sound off phrasal verb
- sounding board noun
- speak out/up phrasal verb
- statement noun
- ventilate verb (MAKE KNOWN)
- vocalize verb
- vociferous adjective
- voice verb
- would modal verb (OPINION)
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