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couched

SayKOWCHT/kaʊt͡ʃt/

2 meanings of couched

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of couch. Use it for something that already happened or was put into words a certain way.

    She couched her advice as a gentle question instead of an order.

    His request was couched in very polite words.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Describing a V-shape on a coat of arms that comes from the side of the shield, not the top or bottom.

    The shield shows a chevron couched from the left side.

    Their family arms have a couched chevron instead of a plain one.

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couched is a form of couch

couch, verb: To say or write something using a certain choice of words. Full entry

Forms
couchcouches he/she/itcouching -ing formcouched past tense, past participle
Spelling
couch → couched: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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