couch

[ kouch or for 6, 14, kooch ]

/ kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ /

noun

a piece of furniture for seating from two to four people, typically in the form of a bench with a back, sometimes having an armrest at one or each end, and partly or wholly upholstered and often fitted with springs, tailored cushions, skirts, etc.; sofa.

a similar article of furniture, with a headrest at one end, on which some patients of psychiatrists or psychoanalysts lie while undergoing treatment.

a bed or other place of rest; a lounge; any place used for repose.

the lair of a wild beast.

Brewing. the frame on which barley is spread to be malted.

Papermaking. the board or felt blanket on which wet pulp is laid for drying into paper sheets.

Fine Arts. a primer coat or layer, as of paint.

verb (used with object)

to arrange or frame (words, a sentence, etc.); put into words; express: a simple request couched in respectful language.

to express indirectly or obscurely: the threat couched under his polite speech.

to lower or bend down, as the head.

to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to a horizontal position, as for attack.

to put or lay down, as for rest or sleep; cause to lie down.

to lay or spread flat.

Papermaking. to transfer (a sheet of pulp) from the wire to the couch.

to embroider by couching.

Archaic. to hide; conceal.

verb (used without object)

to lie at rest or asleep; repose; recline.

to crouch; bend; stoop.

to lie in ambush or in hiding; lurk.

to lie in a heap for decomposition or fermentation, as leaves.

Idioms for couch

on the couch, Informal. undergoing psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.

Origin of couch

1300–50; (noun) Middle English couche < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of coucher; (v.) Middle English couchen < Anglo-French, Old French coucher, Old French colcher < Latin collocāre to put into place, equivalent to col- col-¹ + locāre to put, place; see locate

OTHER WORDS FROM couch

well-couched, adjective

Words nearby couch

cotyloid joint, cotylosaur, cotype, cou-cou, coucal, couch, couch grass, couch potato, couch roll, couch-surf, couchant

Example sentences from the Web for couch

I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.

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In short, we found ways to couch messages of failure or inadequacy.

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Most people know the Universal Life Church as a quick and easy place to get ordained without leaving your couch.

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I need my best friend to sit on the couch and watch TV with me; I need Wonder Woman to save the world.

Wonder Woman Takes a Big Step Back |Hugh Ryan |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Instead, the Republicans should tie their push for infrastructure to getting folks off the couch and back to work.

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Mr. Ginsburg turned on the couch so that his face was close to the wall, and his voice half lost in the curve of his arm.

Just Around the Corner |Fannie Hurst
His fingers, moving slowly, explored the limits of the couch whereon he lay.

Elusive Isabel |Jacques Futrelle
Now if you don't mind,' says he, 'I'll lie down on that couch and doze off for about nine minutes before Mr. Tucker comes.

The Gentle Grafter |O. Henry
The Girl was placed on a couch and made comfortable and then the Harvester looked around.

The Harvester |Gene Stratton Porter
They've put Mrs. Pell's body on the couch, but, except for that, nothing's been touched.

The Diamond Pin |Carolyn Wells

British Dictionary definitions for couch

couch

/ (kaʊtʃ) /

noun

a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person

a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst

a frame upon which barley is malted

a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting

papermaking

a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing
a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying
a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section

archaic the lair of a wild animal

verb

(tr) to express in a particular style of language couched in an archaic style

(when tr, usually reflexive or passive) to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep

(intr) archaic to lie in ambush; lurk

(tr) to spread (barley) on a frame for malting

(intr) (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed

(tr) to embroider or depict by couching

(tr) to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried

(tr) surgery to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye

(tr) archaic to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position

Derived forms of couch

coucher, noun

Word Origin for couch

C14: from Old French couche a bed, lair, from coucher to lay down, from Latin collocāre to arrange, from locāre to place; see locate

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