couch

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
2. A bed, a resting-place.
3. The den of an otter.
4. A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
5. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
6. Psychotherapy.
7. Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.

Verb

1. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
2. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
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 lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
7. 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.
8. To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
9. To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
10. To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
11. To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.

Conceptos

sofá

canapé

sofá cama

diván

sillón

formular

desacredicusar

desacreditar

rayar

reducir

trazar una línea

capa

estrato

madriguera

tongada

yacimiento

cama

meridiana

camilla

sofa

expresar

redactar

silla

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kaʊt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.