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couch
(kouch)n.
1.
a. A sofa.
b. A sofa on which a patient lies while undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment.
2.
a. The frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting.
b. A layer of grain, usually barley, spread to germinate.
3. A priming coat of paint or varnish used in artistic painting.
v. couched, couch·ing, couch·es
v.tr.
1. To word in a certain manner; phrase: couched their protests in diplomatic language.
2. To cause (oneself) to lie down, as for rest.
3. To embroider by laying thread flat on a surface and fastening it by stitches at regular intervals.
4. To spread (grain) on a couch to germinate, as in malting.
5. To lower (a spear, for example) to horizontal position, as for an attack.
v.intr.
1. To lie down; recline, as for rest.
2. To lie in ambush or concealment; lurk.
3. To be in a heap or pile, as leaves for decomposition or fermentation.
[Middle English couche, from Old French culche, couche, from couchier, to lay down, lie down, from Latin collocāre; see collocate.]
couch′er n.
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couch
(kaʊtʃ)n
1. (Furniture) a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person
2. (Furniture) a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst
3. (Tools) a frame upon which barley is malted
4. (Art Terms) a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting
5. (Crafts) papermaking
a. a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing
b. a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying
c. a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section
6. (Zoology) archaic the lair of a wild animal
vb
7. (Linguistics) (tr) to express in a particular style of language: couched in an archaic style.
8. (when tr, usually reflexive or passive) to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep
9. (intr) archaic to lie in ambush; lurk
10. (Brewing) (tr) to spread (barley) on a frame for malting
11. (Botany) (intr) (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed
12. (Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to embroider or depict by couching
13. (Crafts) (tr) to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried
14. (Surgery) (tr) surgery to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye
15. (Military) (tr) archaic to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position
[C14: from Old French couche a bed, lair, from coucher to lay down, from Latin collocāre to arrange, from locāre to place; see locate]
ˈcoucher n
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couch
(kaʊtʃ)n.
1. a piece of upholstered furniture for seating usu. two to four people, typically having a back and an armrest at one or both ends.
2. a long upholstered seat with a headrest at one end, on which a person reclines; lounge.
3. a bed or other place of rest; any place used for repose.
4. the lair of a wild beast.
v.t. 5. to arrange or frame (words, a sentence, etc.); express.
6. to express indirectly or obscurely: to couch a threat in pleasant words.
7. to lower or bend down, as the head.
8. to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to a horizontal position, as for attack.
9. to put or lay down, as for rest or sleep; cause to lie down.
v.i. 10. to lie at rest or asleep; repose; recline.
11. to crouch; bend; stoop.
12. to lie in ambush or in hiding; lurk.
13. to lie in a heap for decomposition or fermentation, as leaves.
[1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French coucher, Old French colcher < Latin collocāre to put into place =col- col-1 + locāre to put, place; see locate]
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couch
Past participle: couched
Gerund: couching
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| Noun | 1. |  couch - an upholstered seat for more than one personsofa bed, convertible - a sofa that can be converted into a bed divan - a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall) seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" settee - a small sofa squab - a soft padded sofa |
| 2. | couch - a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer flat coat, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat, primer, priming, ground - the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | |
| 3. | couch - a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" | |
| Verb | 1. | couch - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" give voice, phrase, word, articulate, formulate - put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" |
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couch
noun
1. sofa, bed, chesterfield, ottoman, settee, divan, chaise longue, day bed He lay down on the couch.
verb
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couch
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Translations
pohovkavyjádřitformulovatgaučlehátko
brikssofaudtrykke
sohva
divankauč
sófisófi; legubekkurtjá, orîa
カウチソファーソファー
소파
dīvānsformulētizteiktkušete
kavčzofa
ležaj
soffa
เก้าอี้ยาวที่นั่งมีพนักพิงและที่วางแขน
ghế trường kỷtrường kỷ
couch
[kaʊtʃ]A. N → sofá m (Med) (in doctor's surgery) → camilla f; (psychiatrist's) → diván m
to be on the couch (esp US) → ir al psicoanalista
to be on the couch (esp US) → ir al psicoanalista
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
couch
n → Sofa nt; (= studio couch) → Schlafcouch f; (= doctor’s couch) → Liege f; (= psychiatrist’s couch) → Couch f; (poet, = bed) → Lager nt
vt
(= put in words) request → formulieren, abfassen
(= lower) spear, lance → anlegen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
couch1
(kautʃ) noun a type of sofa for sitting or lying on. The doctor asked him to lie on the couch.
ˈcouch potato noun a person who spends too much time watching television.
couch2
(kautʃ) verb to express (in words). He couched his reply in vague terms.
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couch
→ أَرِيكَة, مَضْجَع pohovka sofa Sofa καναπές sofá sohva canapé divan, kauč divano カウチソファー, ソファー 소파 bank, sofa divan, sofabenk kanapa sofá диван soffa เก้าอี้ยาว, ที่นั่งมีพนักพิงและที่วางแขน divan, kanepe ghế trường kỷ, trường kỷ 长沙发Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
couch
n (psych) diván mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.