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noun

plural of couch
as in sofas
a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home

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verb

present tense third-person singular of couch
1
as in clothes
to convey in appropriate or telling terms I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore

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2
as in crouches
to lie low with the limbs close to the body I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex

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Recent Examples of couches
Noun
Get ahead of the fuzz on clothing or couches with this $10 gadget. — Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026 The sophisticated rooms and suites feel like home, with plush couches and beds. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 July 2026 Instruments were replaced with couches; the control room is now a walk-in closet. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 She’s been homeless for roughly 15 years, bouncing from the streets to shelters to couches and back again. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 This includes furniture items like couches, futons, office chairs, small desks, and twin bed frames, and anything for a small space, Keen says. — Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 4 July 2026 There are a few bar chairs and tables, but most of the seating is made up of comfortable patio couches and Adirondack chairs, in total fitting 85 guests. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026 In a lengthy post on X that has since been deleted, AMC CEO Adam Aron described the inside as flamingo pink from the couches to the curtains, but also like an intimate garden party with lush, idyllic, green scenery and five-foot trees. — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026 The humble accessory that once adorned fainting couches in early 19th-century portraiture is appearing across modern bedrooms, from Ariel Kaye’s house to Brunch With Babs’s Connecticut home to this Palm Beach Spanish-style retreat. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
Verb
Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state. — Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couches
  1. sofas
  2. says
  3. crouches
  4. expresses
  5. huddles
  6. states
  7. phrases
  8. articulates
Noun
  • Though because these sofas are made to order, keep in mind that your wait time will be longer and custom orders are final sale.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026
  • Micro-trends such as the wavy look and oversized cloud sofas are going out of style.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 12 June 2026
Definition of sofas
Verb
  • The Canadian report says only 28 human cases have been reported in Canada since 1924, while the CDC reports fewer than 10 people die from rabies each year in the United States.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of says
Verb
  • Johansen, sporting an all-black outfit, crouches down next to him and sweetly rests her head on his shoulder.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Definition of crouches
Verb
  • Many accomplished players carrying such clauses, however, are open to waiving the power if a team expresses a desire to move on.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of expresses
Verb
  • An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.
    — Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of huddles
Verb
  • The nonprofit and the Coastal Commission have drafted a public access management plan that states the land will be open from sunrise to sunset.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • In both states the president of the senate steps in as acting governor if the chief executive isn’t around.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of states
Verb
  • Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Definition of phrases
Verb
  • Collecting is often a function of loss, an attempt to save something that might otherwise disappear, as the volume’s final essay poignantly articulates.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of articulates

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