couch
Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/
The English word “couch” has 19 meanings listed here.
noun
- An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- A bed, a resting-place.
- The den of an otter.
- A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
- Psychotherapy.
- Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
- Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
verb
- To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
- To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
- To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
- To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
Etymology
From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.
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