couch

couch
n
1. sofa, lounge, settev, divan, davenport, dais, ottoman, love seat, day bed, tete-a-t€te, siamoise, vis-a-vis.
2. bed, cot, pallet, litter, Sl. sack, Sl. hay, Brit. Sl. kip, Brit. Sl. doss.
3. lair, den, burrow, tunnel, cave, hole, mew, covert.
v
4. express, phrase, put into words, word, state, frame, style; infer, imply, suggest, hint at.
5. repose, recline, lounge, lie down, sprawl, loll, curl up, bed down; rest, Inf. take it easy.
6. crouch, squat, hunker down, stoop, bend, bow, dip; lie low, lie prone, hug the earth.
7. lurk, lie in wait, lie in ambush, Inf. lay for.

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  • Couch — (vom englischen couch für „Sofa“, „Liege“ oder „Lager“) bezeichnet: ein Sitzmöbel, siehe Sofa Couch (Band), Münchener Instrumental Band Couch (Film), Underground Experimentalfilm von Andy Warhol Couch ist der Name folgender Personen: Liz Couch (* …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Couch — (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Couched} (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Couching}.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To lay… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Couch — Couch, v. i. 1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. [1913 Webster] Where souls do couch on flowers, we ll hand in hand. Shak. [1913 Webster] If I court moe women, you ll couch with moe men. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Couch — Couch, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier. See {Couch}, v. t. ] 1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge. [1913 Webster] Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Couch — Sf Sofa std. reg. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. Couch, dieses aus afrz. couche Lager , einer Ableitung von afrz. coucher niederlegen , aus l. collocāre aufstellen, legen, setzen , aus l. locāre stellen, legen und l. con . Neuerdings… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • couch — couch·an·cy; couch·ant; couch·er; couch; …   English syllables

  • couch — meaning ‘an upholstered piece of furniture’ differs from a sofa in having only one raised end and in being designed for lying on as well as sitting on. It also has special (and often evocative) uses as in psychiatrist s couch, on which the… …   Modern English usage

  • couch — [kouch] n. [ME & OFr couche, a bed, lair: see COUCH the vt.] 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. Obs. an animal s lair or den 5. Brewi …   English World dictionary

  • Couch'e — Cou ch[ e] (k?? sh? ), a. [F., p. p. of coucher. See {Couch}, v. t. ] (Her.) (a) Not erect; inclined; said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. (b) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couch[ e] is one which emerges from one side of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • couch — kau̇ch vt to treat (a cataract or a person who has a cataract) by displacing the lens of the eye into the vitreous body couch n an article of furniture used (as by a patient undergoing psychoanalysis) for sitting or reclining on the couch… …   Medical dictionary

  • couch|y — «KOW chee», adjective. 1. full of or infested with couch grass. 2. of the nature of or resembling couch grass …   Useful english dictionary

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