couch (kaʊtʃ
)
Definitions
noun
- a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person
- a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst
- a frame upon which barley is malted
- a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting
- papermaking
- a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing
- a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying
- a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section
- archaic the lair of a wild animal
verb
- (tr) to express in a particular style of language ⇒
couched in an archaic style
- (when tr, usually reflexive or passive) to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep
- (intr) archaic to lie in ambush; lurk
- (tr) to spread (barley) on a frame for malting
- (intr) (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed
- (tr) to embroider or depict by couching
- (tr) to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried
- (tr) surgery to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye
- (tr) archaic to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position
Alternative Forms
ˈcoucher nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French couche a bed, lair, from coucher to lay down, from Latin collocāre to arrange, from locāre to place; see locateSynonyms
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- British English:
couch
A couch is a long soft piece of furniture for sitting or lying on.kaʊtʃ NOUN
- Spanish:
sofá
nm
- French:
canapé
nm
- German:
Sofa
nnt
- Chinese: 长沙发 n
- Arabic: مَضْجَع n
- Portuguese: sofá nm
- Russian: диван nm
- Croatian: kauč nm
- Czech: pohovka nf
- Danish: sofa nutr
- Dutch: bank n
- Finnish: sohva n
- Greek: καναπές nm
- Italian: divano nm
- Japanese: カウチソファー n
- Korean: 소파 n
- Norwegian: divan nm
- Polish: kanapa nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: sofá nm
- European Spanish:
sofá
nm
- Swedish: soffa nutr
- Thai: เก้าอี้ยาว n
- Turkish: kanepe n
- Vietnamese: đi văng n
Usage examples
He went into the living room, where Lisa was curled up on a couch , an open book in her lap.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)From this viewer's couch , Living with Michael Jackson was a superficial portrait of two equally unappealing characters.
Spiked (2003)The baby should never sleep on a waterbed, a makeshift bed of cushions or pillows, or on a couch.
Globe and Mail (2003)Basic abdominal crunch Lie on the floor with your feet over the edge of the couch.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)But unlike the case of a television program, the viewers were not passive couch potatoes.
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