couch

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

2. 2transitive verb

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

3. 3transitive verb

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

4. 4transitive verb

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

5. 5transitive verb

   To conceal; to include or involve darkly.

6. 6transitive verb

   To arrange; to place; to inlay.

7. 7transitive verb

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

8. 8transitive verb

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

9. 9intransitive verb

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

10. 10intransitive verb

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

11. 11intransitive verb

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

12. 12transitive verb

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

13. 13transitive verb

    Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.

14. 14transitive 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. 15transitive verb

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

16. 16noun

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

17. 17noun

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

18. 18noun

    an upholstered seat for more than one person

    Synonyms

    loungesofa
19. 19verb

    formulate in a particular style or language

    "I wouldn't put it that way"

    "She cast her request in very polite language"

    Synonyms

    castframeputredact