couch

Meaning

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.

Concepts

couch

sofa

bed

divan

settee

lounge

cot

chair

chesterfield

put

davenport

layer

stool

bedstead

frame

express

seat

lair

stratum

phrase

bench

ottoman

cast

redact

enunciate

voice

signify

bunk

resting place

abase

abridge

bring down

cry down

cut up

debase

decrease

degrade

demean

demolish

deprave

destroy

diminish

discredit

downsize

draw

draw a line

drop

humble

humiliate

lessen

let down

look down

lower

make a stroke

mortify

pull down

pull to pieces

reduce

roll out

ruin

run down

shrink

streak

wreck

write down

berth

encampment

quackgrass

lounge chair

stand ready

chaise loungue

bed-stead

small bed-stead

clothe

den

Davenport

day-bed

divan-bed

squab

armchair

formulate

put forward

indite

couch roll

padded armchair

upholstered armchair

mat

canape

word

air

communicate

convey

denote

divulge

enounce

evince

give

indicate

project

put across

represent

show

utter

give voice

daybed

primer coat

priming

place to sleep

deck chair

reclining

reclining chair

chairs

highchair

sofa bed

loungeroom

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʊt͡ʃ/

Etymology

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