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couch Definition

couch (ko̵uc̸h)

noun

  1. an article of furniture on which one may sit or lie down; sofa; divan
  2. any resting place
  3. Old Poet. a place for sleeping; bed
  4. Obsolete an animal's lair or den
  5. Brewing a layer of grain spread to germinate
  6. Fine Arts a priming layer or coat, as of paint or varnish

Etymology: ME & OFr couche, a bed, lair: see couchthe

transitive verb

  1. to lay or put on or as on a couch, as to sleep: now usually used reflexively or in the passive voice
  2. to lower or bring down; esp., to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to an attacking position
  3. to put in specific or particular words; phrase; express the speech was couched in flowery language
  4. to embroider with thread laid flat and fastened down with fine stitches
  5. Archaic to put in a layer
  6. Obsolete to hide
  7. Brewing to spread (grain) in a thin layer to germinate
  8. Surgery to remove (a cataract) by using a needle to push down the crystalline lens of the eye

Etymology: ME couchen < OFr coucher, to lie down < L collocare, to lay < com-, together + locare, to place: see local

intransitive verb

  1. to lie down on a bed, as to sleep; recline
  2. to lie in hiding or in ambush
  3. to lie in a pile, as decomposing leaves
couch Idioms

on the couch

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Informal undergoing psychoanalysis
couch Synonyms

couch

n.

sofa, davenport, settee, lounge, love seat, divan, studio couch, sofa bed, sectional, daybed, chesterfield, chaise longue*, chaise lounge*, récamier*, tête-à-tête*, vis-à-vis; see also bed 1, furniture.

couch Usage Examples

Object

  • eye: Indeed we have encountered several couched eyes with much better vision than ICCE post-operative eyes.

Converse of object

  • cast: GT: You just said to me this is the casting couch.
  • desire: She desires the couch of heart's joy, she desires the couch.

Adjective modifier

  • comfy: I've got my PC and my comfy couch.
  • plush: To them to life quot chairs and plush couches the air corps.
  • comfortable: The Scan For your scan you will be positioned on a comfortable couch, which is moved into the magnet.
  • red: Beside him on the red velvet couch lounged a handsome young man. Tell me, she said, urgent now for the truth.
  • common: Common couch allowed to flower in the field margins may set seed that could be dispersed within the field or beyond.

Modifies a noun

  • potato: An evening of being a couch potato was easy to do!
  • grass: Dried couch grass - lightly sprinkled - toxic to slugs.

Noun used with modifier

  • casting: Do you fancy your chances on the Cosmic casting couch?
  • leather: I found him in the dressing room, relaxing on a leather couch with his band members.
  • massage: We will provide a portable massage couch for the massage, the perfect antidote for that long haul flight.
  • onion: In roadside verges, increasing the cutting frequency reduced the frequency of onion couch.
  • sand: Look out for plants like sea holly, sea campion, sea spurge and grasses such as marram and sand couch grass.
  • studio: Living Rooms: The lounge contains a three piece suite and studio couch, color television and telephone.

Possessives

  • psychiatrist: At times this is more psychiatrist's couch than ' real-world ' .
  • therapist: It remains to be seen which one escapes the therapist's couch first.

Preposition: in

  • term: Part of the debate was couched in terms of the optimal size of institutions.
  • language: Many of the issues are couched in abstract language.
couch Quotes

If the nineteenth century was the age of the editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist's couch.

—McLuhan, (Herbert) Marshall

   I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold meöwould find me rest In luminous shades of her secret places, In depths where her marvels are manifest; So the earth beneath her should not discover My hidden couchönor the heaven above herö As a strong love shielding a weary lover, I would have her shield me with shining breast.

—Gordon, Adam Lindsay

O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion.

—Congreve,William

Alone until she dies,Bessie Bighead, hired help, born in the workhouse, smelling of the cowshed, snores bass and gruff on a couch of straw in a loft in Salt Lake Farm and picks a posy of daisies in Sunday Meadow to put on the grave of Gomer Owen who kissed her once by the pig-sty when she wasn't looking and never kissed her again although she was looking all the time.

—Thomas, Dylan Marlais

For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart wih pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

—Wordsworth,William