COUCH

couch

(noun) a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

couch

(noun) a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

sofa, couch, lounge

(noun) an upholstered seat for more than one person

frame, redact, cast, put, couch

(verb) formulate in a particular style or language; “I wouldn’t put it that way”; “She cast her request in very polite language”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

couch (plural couches)

An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.

A bed, a resting-place.

The den of an otter.

(art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.

(brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.

(metonym, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.

Synonyms

• (item of furniture): davenport, divan, settee, sofa

Hyponyms

• (item of furniture): chesterfield, daybed, love seat

Coordinate terms

• (item of furniture): armchair, banquette

Etymology 2

Verb

couch (third-person singular simple present couches, present participle couching, simple past and past participle couched)

To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).

Synonyms: lie down, recline

To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

(transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.

(transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.

(transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

(transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.

(ophthalmology, transitive) 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.

(paper-making, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.

(sewing, transitive) 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.

Synonyms: explain, express, phrase, term

(archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.

Etymology 3

Noun

couch (uncountable)

Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

Etymology

Proper noun

Couch

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Couch is the 1,323^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26,615 individuals. Couch is most common among White (87.30%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Couch (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] Etym: [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 arrauge 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)

Definition: To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire clotch 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.)

Definition: 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.

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.

Couch, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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