Lexic.us

Definition of Couch

1. Noun. An upholstered seat for more than one person.

2. Verb. Formulate in a particular style or language. "She cast her request in very polite language"

3. Noun. A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer.

4. Noun. A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.

Definition of Couch

1. v. t. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

2. v. i. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.

3. n. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.

Definition of Couch

1. Noun. An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. ¹

2. Noun. Bed, resting-place. ¹

3. Verb. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch). ¹

4. Verb. To phrase in a particular style, to use specific wording. ¹

5. Verb. (archaic) To conceal; to hide ¹

6. Noun. couch grass, a species of persistent grass, ''Elymus repens'', usually considered a weed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Couch

1. to put into words [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Couch

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cou'dst coua couas coucal coucals couch (current term) couch-potato couch-surf couch potato couch potatoes

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Literary usage of Couch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"Appeal from Circuit Court, Mason County. Bill by Mary Catharine couch against Sarah F. Eastham. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"Robinson, J., delivered the opinion of the court: By this suit the widow of Peter S. couch prays that dower be assigned her in the lands devised to her ..."

3. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1913)
"At Yorktown, in 1647, "i old turned couch" is mentioned, which would indicate that the ... At Yorktown, in 1658, mention is made of "a skin couch"; in 1659, ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"In his personality and manner of life, Quiller-couch seems a man of affairs and of outdoor sports rather than the traditional book-man. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The under couch roll generally consists of a brass shell fixed by iron rings to a ... It consists of an ordinary paper machine as far as the couch rolls A, ..."

6. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"One of the nobles knelt at the royal couch, and said,— “The King's majesty knoweth that the Hereditary Great Marshal of England lieth attainted in the Tower ..."

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