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[kouch or, for 6, 14, kooch]

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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verb (used without object)

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.

Idiom

21.

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

Origin:
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- + locāre to put, place; see locate

Related forms

well-couched, adjective

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Example Sentences

In metabolic terms, publishing in the humanities is more couch potato than sprinter.

Then the consumer has the capacity to place a matress that they have on top of the bedfram that is attatched to the couch.

It grunts, it drools, and it's about as sluggish as a couch potato.

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In metabolic terms, publishing in the humanities is more couch potato than sprinter.

Then the consumer has the capacity to place a matress that they have on top of the bedfram that is attatched to the couch.

It grunts, it drools, and it's about as sluggish as a couch potato.

Eating fatty foods, not exercising and somehow remaining lean and healthy--it's the couch potato's dream.

Here, a low chest of drawers and a couch separate the bedroom from the living room.

It's either the ultimate in couch comfort or a totally bizarre idea dreamed up by a pair of designers obsessed with neuroscience.

Some people view today's college students as worthless bums who are too lazy to get off the couch to get another beer.

Tennis, golf, ice hockey and sundry other sports will keep couch potatoes occupied during any lulls in the sporting calendar.

His hobbies now include sleeping on the couch and chasing squirrels.

You've probably promised yourself to get off the couch and get some exercise.

If your taste buds are set for a tender, juicy steak, it's the beef couch potato muscles that will deliver what you seek.

Some new games on the market aim to get kids off the couch.

Dont eat in the living room and there wont be crumbs in the couch to support them no dont worry about the bugs.

Since couch potatoes will not go to the polls, goes the thinking, the polls will come to the telly.

We sent a couch potato, and he didn't suffer in silence.

But eventually she went home, pulled down the blinds and fell asleep on the couch.

Kids can enjoy story times or curl up on the couch to read and to pet the resident cat.

You're done with being a couch potato for the evening and want to go to bed.

Baymâ€™s favorite cartoon, a wife is shown rushing into her living room, where her husband sits on the couch reading a book.

Some thought that this was because couch potatoes were less likely to make babies.

Many researchers say they have to couch the language of their studies to avoid controversy and secure funding.

Relaxing on a couch left thoughtfully for tired travelers.

Some headphones are built for kicking back on the couch and melting into the music.

I've probably got it in my backpack, at the office, or lurking somewhere under the couch in my living room.

But dismissing it as a problem of couch potatoes is not especially helpful to the millions who have it.

The airport hotel looks unappealing and you don't know anyone nearby with a couch to crash on.

Don't you go calling working scientists a bunch of couch potatoes.

Its shape and weight meant it slipped as easily from the hand as it did from the arm of the couch.

It shows in your voice if you are lounging on the couch in your underwear.

But the only thing he had to show for it was a blue velour couch.

We head to the couch and pull out our laptops and work until our eyes blur the lines on the screen.

But officials weren't amused when two students there created a motorized couch to travel the campus.

She'll bite at his feet or if he's on the couch with a blanket, she pulls his blanket off.

If the runners become couch potatoes then there would be less co2 in the world.

She constantly attacks my wifes shoes, and nips at her when she is resting on the couch.

Nothing marbles as nice as a flank steak from a couch potato.

Conversation and a couch are plenty for the young, networked traveler.

Perhaps you will need a nice comfy couch on which to catch naps.

Mother sat on the living-room couch while he splashed water on all the downstairs walls and then headed upstairs to the bedrooms.

Even as they swing in constant, languid motion, orangutans burn fewer calories than a human couch potato.

But even couch potatoes know that moderate exercise is worthwhile.

It should be loud enough to hear from under a couch cushion.

But even the laziest couch potato may soon notice some changes to his television set.

But what if there were a blood test that could show smokers and couch potatoes the.

When you think of wallpaper, you might think of granny, lace doilies and a couch permanently covered with plastic wrap.

The country has a varied and stunning landscape that could turn a lot of academic couch potatoes into outdoors buffs.

Stop being upset if they make us out to be dangerous thugs, realize that's what keeps people glued to the couch to watch.

The causes of these conditions have turned out to be much more diverse than too much junk food and couch time.

These types of people are, unsurprisingly, more likely to agree to be interviewed about their health than slobby couch potatoes.

Just remember to get off the couch when you play it.

Yes, allergies can make you cry and make you not want to get off the couch.

The first afternoon/evening he pretty much stayed in my lap on the couch.

They remind me of the couch potato who watches the news and bellows out to the president how he should run the country.

The camera showed pitiful young campaign volunteers lying comatose on a couch or wandering aimlessly through a park.

He has learned to wag it when on the couch and he thinks he is going to get a treat.

He rented the bed he was lying on as well as the couch and table in the living room.

She can hold a toy if she sits quietly, or even lay on the floor or the couch.

Britain sits on the couch and shouts loudly at the television but never has the energy to get up and do anything about it.

It currently sits next to me on the arm of the couch.

He turns away from the scrapbook and leans back into the overstuffed couch.

Hell, my slipcovers have been sliding off for a week or so because of the kids using the couch as a slide.

Some people have green eyes and some some grey ones, some run fast and some keep the couch warm.

Schermers of the world to find new and subtler ways to couch their anti-religious bigotry in pseudo-scientific terminology.

If you need a hand up that's fine, but your' not going to sit on the couch all day waiting for a hand out.

He would make me lay down on the floor, lay down on the couch or whatever and beat me with a bullwhip.

We don't even see the men's lips meet, since one has practically tackled the other on the couch.

But asking the government to fix them is the couch potato's solution.

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World English Dictionary

couch (kaʊtʃ)

—n
1.	a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person
2.	a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst
3.	a frame upon which barley is malted
4.	a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting
5.	papermaking
	a. a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing
	b. a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying
	c. a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section
6.	archaic the lair of a wild animal

—vb
7.	(tr) to express in a particular style of language: couched in an archaic style
8.	(when tr, usually reflexive or passive) to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep
9.	archaic (intr) to lie in ambush; lurk
10.	(tr) to spread (barley) on a frame for malting
11.	(intr) (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed
12.	(tr) to embroider or depict by couching
13.	(tr) to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried
14.	(tr) surgery to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye
15.	archaic (tr) to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position

[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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Word Origin & History

couch

early 14c., from O.Fr. colchier, from L. collocare "to lay," from com- "together" + locare "to place" (see locate). Meaning "to put into words" is from 1529. Heraldic couchant is late 15c., from Fr. prp.

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couch

mid-14c., 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 (1570s) is a corruption of O.E. cwice (see quick).

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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Couch definition

(Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or rest. (See BED.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Encyclopedia

couch

in modern usage a sofa or settee, but in the 17th and 18th centuries a long, upholstered seat for reclining, one end sloping and high enough to provide a back rest and headrest.

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