couch
noun
[ kaʊtʃ ]
• a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on.
• "I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch"
Similar:
settee,
sofa,
divan,
chaise longue,
chesterfield,
love seat,
settle,
ottoman,
put-you-up,
day bed,
davenport,
studio couch,
sectional,
canapé,
tête-à-tête,
squab,
couch
verb
• express (something) in language of a specified style.
• "the assurances were couched in general terms"
Similar:
express,
phrase,
word,
frame,
put,
formulate,
style,
render,
set forth,
put across,
convey,
communicate,
say,
state,
utter,
voice,
• lay down.
• "two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass"
• lower (a spear) to the position for attack.
• "To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance"
• treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.
• "cataracts, when simple, are to be couched"
• (in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread.
• "gold and silver threads couched by hand"
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare ‘place together’ (see collocate).
couch
noun
• a coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens.
Origin:
late 16th century: variant of quitch.
