couch

Meaning

Noun

1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, US) 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. (metonymically, usually) Psychotherapy.
7. (figuratively, usually) Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.

Verb

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

Synonyms

sofa

🛋️

bed

🛏️

divan

settee

cot

lounge

chesterfield

chair

🪑

put

davenport

seat

💺

bedstead

express

stool

frame

layer

resting place

bench

cast

enunciate

stratum

voice

bunk

redact

ottoman

lair

phrase

signify

destroy

deprave

clothe

denote

den

berth

demolish

demean

degrade

humble

decrease

chairs

armchair

deck chair

formulate

debase

evince

give

enounce

humiliate

indicate

encampment

Translations

canapé

🛋️

divano

🛋️

sofà

🛋️

sofa

🛋️

Sofa

🛋️

divan

sofá

🛋️

Couch

🛋️

sofá

🛋️

καναπές

lectus

canapè

bank

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʊt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: couche

Inherited from Middle English: couchen

Inherited from Middle English: quich

Inherited from Old English: cwice

In summary

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

Sentences

Next to a bright red couch , a gray wall will appear distinctly greenish .