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Use the word "couch" as a verb. Extra credit if you include a graphic. Go!


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Posted - December 21, 2018
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  • 44602
    The lion couched in the deep grass to take a rest.

    This post was edited by Element 99 at December 21, 2018 4:52 PM MST
      December 21, 2018 7:49 AM MST
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  • 53503

      Typo alert . . . crouched. 

    Nice try, but there was no way you were going to get that one past me, Ellipses Man, lol. 

    No credit. 
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      December 21, 2018 8:37 AM MST
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  • 44602

    I guess the dictionary is wrong.

    couch
    /kouCH/
    noun
    noun: couch; plural noun: couches

    1.
    a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on.
    synonyms: sofa, divan, settee, love seat, chesterfield, daybed, davenport, studio couch
    "she seated herself on the couch"
    a reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst's subject or doctor's patient lies while undergoing treatment.

    verb
    verb: couch; 3rd person present: couches; past tense: couched; past participle: couched; gerund or present participle: couching; noun: couching

    1.
    express (something) in language of a specified style.
    "many false claims are couched in scientific jargon"
    synonyms: express, phrase, word, frame, put, formulate, style, convey, say, state, utter
    "his reply was couched in deferential terms"
    2.
    literary
    lie down.
    "two creatures couched side by side in the deep grass"
    3.
    archaic This post was edited by Element 99 at December 21, 2018 9:28 PM MST
      December 21, 2018 9:48 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Look at you choosing the archaic definition. :)
      December 21, 2018 2:32 PM MST
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  • You'd have been fine if you had said, "to take a rest." (waiting for the attack.)
      December 21, 2018 9:39 AM MST
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  • "When it comes to embroidery, learning how to couch is a pretty basic technique."

      December 21, 2018 9:37 AM MST
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  • 22891
    cant think of it right now
      December 21, 2018 2:34 PM MST
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  • 19937
    The writer wanted to couched the letter in very vague terms.
      December 21, 2018 2:36 PM MST
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  • 840
      December 21, 2018 3:59 PM MST
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  • 34251
    The Doctor couched the eye to restore the patient's vision. 
      December 21, 2018 5:20 PM MST
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  • 1633
    The coach, Mr. Koch, couched the chemist on his chronic condition through a cackling cough.

      December 21, 2018 5:47 PM MST
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