0 a sofa
1 a type of high bed, especially one in a doctor's office
2 to express something in a particular way:
[ often passive ] I don't understand this form - it's all couched in legal terminology.
3 a piece of furniture with a back and usually arms, that two or more people can sit on at once; a sofa
4 to express something in a particular way, esp. in order not to upset or anger the person addressed:
They want to couch their response in diplomatic, not threatening, terms.
While the following is often couched in linguistic language, technical terms are defined as they occur.
The apparatus should be usable for all aspects of diagnosis and treatment and, therefore, locate on different types of couch.
However, the censuring of lifestyle choices associated with deleterious health consequences appears to many as moralising couched in medical terms.
If the attempt had been couched in such terms, perhaps many critics might have ignored the resolution; others might even have been sympathetic.
Daily checks by radiographers on the unit can be done quickly and easily with a cube phantom (which assumes the couch to be level).
Predictions were couched in vague language, carefully hedged with qualifiers and crafted to offer an exit strategy if things turned out other than expected.
We also expected the narratives of older subjects to include more generalized statements couched in the timeless present than those of the younger children.
It is noticeable, for example, that the expression of genetic material is nearly always couched in terms of the minority percentage contribution of 'incoming' farmers.