Sekirov Dictionary

couch

/ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/

noun8

  1. a big, comfortable seat where several people can sit together, often in a living room
  2. Psychotherapy.
  3. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
  4. (figurative) Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
  5. A bed, a resting-place.
  6. The den of an otter.
  7. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
  8. A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.

verb11

  1. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
  2. To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
  3. To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
  4. To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
  5. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
  6. To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
  7. To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
  8. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
  9. To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
  10. 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.
  11. (no longer used) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
forms

couched · couching · couches

Phrases with couch

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