packer
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarytic treatment
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryExamples
Verb
- //I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore.
- //I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex.
Noun
- //find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French cucher, from Latin collocare to set in place — more at collocateNoun
Middle English couche bed, from Anglo-French kuche, from cuchertic treatment
Examples
Verb
- //I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore.
- //I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex.
Noun
- //find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French cucher, from Latin collocare to set in place — more at collocateNoun
Middle English couche bed, from Anglo-French kuche, from cucher