couch
Plural: couches
Noun
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
- a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
- An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- A bed, a resting-place.
- The den of an otter.
- A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
- Psychotherapy.
- Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
- Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
Verb
Verb Forms: couched, couching, couches
- To express or phrase in a particular way; to lie down.
- formulate in a particular style or language
- To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
- To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- 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.
- To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
- To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
Examples
- a couch of malt
- He couched it as a request, but it was an order.
- He had to carefully couch his strategy in his mind, not revealing his next move.
- He spent years on the couch going over his traumatic childhood.
- If Kamala Harris replaces Joe Biden in the 2024 election, analysts warn that she will lose to the couch.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.
Synonyms
cast, frame, lounge, put, redact, sofa, davenport, divan, explain, express, lie down, phrase, recline, settee, term
Scrabble Score: 12
couch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcouch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
couch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary