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couch 
[kouch or, for 6, 14, kooch] Pronunciation Key
[kouch or, for 6, 14, kooch] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a similar article of furniture, with a headrest at one end, on which some patients of psychiatrists or psychoanalysts lie while undergoing treatment. |
| 3. | a bed or other place of rest; a lounge; any place used for repose. |
| 4. | the lair of a wild beast. |
| 5. | Brewing. the frame on which barley is spread to be malted. |
| 6. | Papermaking. the board or felt blanket on which wet pulp is laid for drying into paper sheets. |
| 7. | Fine Arts. a primer coat or layer, as of paint. |
| 8. | to arrange or frame (words, a sentence, etc.); put into words; express: a simple request couched in respectful language. |
| 9. | to express indirectly or obscurely: the threat couched under his polite speech. |
| 10. | to lower or bend down, as the head. |
| 11. | to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to a horizontal position, as for attack. |
| 12. | to put or lay down, as for rest or sleep; cause to lie down. |
| 13. | to lay or spread flat. |
| 14. | Papermaking. to transfer (a sheet of pulp) from the wire to the couch. |
| 15. | to embroider by couching. |
| 16. | Archaic. to hide; conceal. |
| 17. | to lie at rest or asleep; repose; recline. |
| 18. | to crouch; bend; stoop. |
| 19. | to lie in ambush or in hiding; lurk. |
| 20. | to lie in a heap for decomposition or fermentation, as leaves. |
| 21. | on the couch, Informal. undergoing psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| couch
(kouch) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. couched, couch·ing, couch·es v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English couche, from Old French culche, couche, from couchier, to lay down, lie down, from Latin collocāre; see collocate.] couch'er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
couch (v.)
couch (v.)
c.1330, from O.Fr. colchier, from L. collocare "to lay," from com- "together" + locare "to place." Meaning "to put into words" is from 1529. Heraldic couchant is 1496, from Fr. prp.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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couch (n.)
couch (n.)
1340, from O.Fr. couche "a bed, lair," from coucher "to lie down," from L. collocare (see couch (v.)). Traditionally, a couch has the head end only raised, and only half a back; a sofa has both ends raised and a full back; a settee is like a sofa but may be without arms; an ottoman has neither back nor arms, nor has a divan, the distinctive feature of which is that it goes against a wall. Couch potato first recorded 1979. The first element in Couch-grass (1578) is a corruption of O.E. cwice (see quick).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| couch | |
noun | |
| 1. | an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa] |
| 2. | a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer |
| 3. | a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment |
verb | |
| 1. | formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Couch, MO Zip code(s): 65690
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Couch
Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. --Shak. 2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T. Burnet. 3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. --Bacon. 4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying. 5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange. 6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under. A well-couched invective. --Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. --Blackw. Mag. 8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. To couch a spear or lance, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
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Couch
Couch\, v. i. 1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. --Shak. If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. --Shak. 2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly. We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. --Shak. The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. --I. Taylor. 3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. --Spenser.
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Couch
Couch\, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier. See Couch, v. t. ]1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge. Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch? --Shak. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. 2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc. 3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt. 4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Couch
(Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or rest. (See BED.)
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