Definitions for couch
kaʊtʃcouch

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sofa, couch, lounge(noun)

   an upholstered seat for more than one person

2. couch(noun)

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

3. couch(verb)

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

4. 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"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Couch(verb)

   to lay upon a bed or other resting place

2. Couch(verb)

   to arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun

3. Couch(verb)

   to lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed

4. Couch(verb)

   to transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying

5. Couch(verb)

   to conceal; to include or involve darkly

6. Couch(verb)

   to arrange; to place; to inlay

7. Couch(verb)

   to put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under

8. Couch(verb)

   to treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract

9. Couch(verb)

   to lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie

10. Couch(verb)

    to lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly

11. Couch(verb)

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

12. Couch(verb)

    a bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge

13. Couch(verb)

    any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc

14. Couch(verb)

    a mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt

15. Couch(verb)

    a preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc

Origin: [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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Couch

   A couch or sofa is a piece of furniture for seating two or more persons in the form of a bench, with or without armrests, that is partly or wholly upholstered, and often fitted with springs and tailored cushions. Although a couch is used primarily for seating, it may be used for reclining. In homes, couches are normally found in the family room, living room, den, sitting room or the lounge. They are also found in hotels, lobbies of commercial offices, waiting rooms, furniture stores, etc. The term 'couch' is used in North America, Australia, New Zealand, whilst the term 'sofa' is generally used in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The word originated in Middle English from the Old French noun couche, which derived from the verb meaning 'to lie down'. It originally denoted an item of furniture for lying or sleeping on, somewhat like a chaise longue, but now refers to sofas in general. Other terms synonymous with the above definition of couch are sofa, settee, chesterfield, divan, davenport, and canapé. The word sofa is from Turkish derived from the Arabic word suffa for 'carpet' or 'divan', originating in the Aramaic word sippa for 'mat'. The word settee comes from the Old English word, 'setl', which was used to describe long benches with high backs and arms, but is now generally used to describe upholstered seating.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Couch

   kowch, v.t. to lay down on a bed, &c.: to lower: to level: to arrange in language, to express: to depress or remove a cataract in the eye.—v.i. to lie down for the purpose of sleep, concealment, &c.: to bend or stoop in reverence.—n. any place for rest or sleep: a bed: the lair of a wild beast.—adj. Couch′ant, couching or lying down: (her.) of a beast lying down with his head up.—ns. Couch′-fell′ow, Couch′-mate, a bed-fellow; Couching.—Couch a spear, to fix it in its rest at the side of the armour. [Fr. coucher, to lie down—L. collocāre, to place—com, together, locus, a place.]

2. Couch

   kowch, Couch-grass, kowch′-gras, n. a grass of the same genus with wheat, but a widespread and troublesome weed. [A variant of Quitch.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. couch

   A sort of chamber or apartment in a large ship of war, just before the great cabin. The floor of it is formed by the aftmost part of the quarter-deck, and the roof of it by the poop: it is generally the habitation of the flag-captain.

How to pronounce couch?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of couch in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of couch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of couch in a Sentence

1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

2. Chinese Proverb:

   Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.

3. Laura Vega:

   We simply do not know when the Ethan and Tonya Couch will be returned to the U.S..

4. Corey Knowlton:

   So this is just like hunting a couch? Give me a break, this isn't easy. It's brutal.

5. Peter Goadsby:

   I see no sense in complicating what can be done with a cotton swab on the physician’s couch.

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