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couch (kouch)

a. A sofa.

b. A sofa on which a patient lies while undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment.

a. The frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting.

b. A layer of grain, usually barley, spread to germinate.

3. A priming coat of paint or varnish used in artistic painting.

v. couched, couch·ing, couch·es

v.tr.

1. To word in a certain manner; phrase: couched their protests in diplomatic language.

2. To cause (oneself) to lie down, as for rest.

3. To embroider by laying thread flat on a surface and fastening it by stitches at regular intervals.

4. To spread (grain) on a couch to germinate, as in malting.

5. To lower (a spear, for example) to horizontal position, as for an attack.

v.intr.

1. To lie down; recline, as for rest.

2. To lie in ambush or concealment; lurk.

3. To be in a heap or pile, as leaves for decomposition or fermentation.

[Middle English couche, from Old French culche, couche, from couchier, to lay down, lie down, from Latin collocre; see collocate.]

coucher n.

couch [kaʊtʃ]

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst

3. (Engineering / Tools) a frame upon which barley is malted

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting

5. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) Papermaking

a. a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing

b. a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying

c. a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Archaic the lair of a wild animal

1. (Linguistics) (tr) to express in a particular style of language couched in an archaic style

2. (when tr, usually reflexive or passive) to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep

3. (intr) Archaic to lie in ambush; lurk

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (tr) to spread (barley) on a frame for malting

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed

6. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to embroider or depict by couching

7. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) (tr) to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried

8. (Medicine / Surgery) (tr) Surgery to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye

9. (Military) (tr) Archaic to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position

[from Old French couche a bed, lair, from coucher to lay down, from Latin collocāre to arrange, from locāre to place; see locate]

coucher n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	couch - an upholstered seat for more than one person lounge, sofa sofa bed, convertible - a sofa that can be converted into a bed daybed, divan bed - an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night divan - a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall) love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis - small sofa that seats two people seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" settee - a small sofa squab - a soft padded sofa
	2.	couch - a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer flat coat, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat, primer, priming, ground - the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
	3.	couch - a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
Verb	1.	couch - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" redact, put, frame, cast give voice, phrase, word, articulate, formulate - put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

couch

noun

sofa, bed, chesterfield, ottoman, settee, divan, chaise longue, day bed He lay down on the couch.

verb

express, word, frame, phrase, utter, set forth This time his proposal was couched as an ultimatum.

Translations

couch [kaʊtʃ]

A. N → sofá m (Med) (in doctor's surgery) → camilla f; (psychiatrist's) → diván m
to be on the couch (esp US) → ir al psicoanalista

B. VT → expresar
couched in jargon → redactado en jerigonza

C. CPD couch grass N → hierba f rastrera
couch potato N → teleadicto/a m/f persona que se apalanca en el sofá

couch [ˈkaʊtʃ]

(= sofa) → canapé m

[doctor] → table f d'examen

[psychiatrist] → divan m

vt (= express) → formuler

couch

n → Sofa nt; (= studio couch) → Schlafcouch f; (= doctor’s couch) → Liege f; (= psychiatrist’s couch) → Couch f; (poet, = bed) → Lager nt

(= put in words) request → formulieren, abfassen

(= lower) spear, lance → anlegen

vi (liter, lion, cat etc) → lauern, auf der Lauer liegen

couch [kaʊtʃ]

1. n (gen) → divano, sofà m inv; (in doctor's surgery) → lettino

2. vt (statement, request) → esprimere

couch [kaʊtʃ]

1. n (gen) → divano, sofà m inv; (in doctor's surgery) → lettino

2. vt (statement, request) → esprimere

couch¹

n couch [kautʃ]

a type of sofa for sitting or lying on The doctor asked him to lie on the couch. rusbank مَضْجَـع، سَرير кушетка pohovka, lehátko briks die Couch καναπές sofá, canapé kušett تخت معاینه sohva canapé סַפָּה खाट, पल kauč dívány sofa sófi; legubekkur divano 寝いす 소파, 긴의자 kušetė, sofa kušete; dīvāns sofa bank sofa; behandlingsbenk tapczan, kanapa marquesa canapea кушетка pohovka kavč sofa dyscha, schäslong, soffa เก้าอี้ยาว kanepe, sedir, divan 長沙發椅 кушетка پلنگ، بستر ghế trường kỷ 长沙发椅

n couch potato

a person who spends too much time watching television. stoelpatat, kassiekneg الشَّخص الذي يَقضي وقْتا طويلا في مُشاهَدة التلفزيون телеманиак televizní maniak, lenoch tv-narkoman Couch patato αυτός που βλέπει τηλεόραση πολλές ώρες apoltronado, poltrón, tumbón telekahaige معتاد به تلویزیون abruti de télé לִרבוֹץ ज्यादा वक्त टेलीविजन देख कर गुजारने वाला व्यक्ति osoba koja stalno sjedi i gleda televiziju állandóan a tévét bámuló ember pemalas pantofolaio, sedentario 座り込んでテレビばかり見ている人 비활동적이고 게으른 사람 telemanas televizora upuris pemalas televisiefreak sofagris, latsabb nałogowy telewidz человек, беспрерывно смотрящий телевизор televízny maniak ki ves čas ždi pred televizijo rob televizije soffpotatis คนขี้เกียจที่เอาแต่นั่งดูทีวี TV hastası 電視迷 лежень ب‍ہ‍ت زياده ٹ‍یلى ويژن ديكهن‍ے والا người nghiện xem ti vi 电视迷

couch²

v couch [kautʃ]

to express (in words) He couched his reply in vague terms. uitdruk يُعَبِّـر، يَصوغ изразявам vyjádřit, formulovat udtrykke sich ausdrücken διατυπώνω expresar, formular sõnastama به طرز خاصی بیان کردن ilmaista formuler לְנַסֵח व्यक्त करना izraziti megfogalmaz menyatakan tjá, orða esprimere 言い表わす (생각, 의견, 요구 등을 말로) 나타내다 (su)formuluoti izteikt (vārdos); formulēt mengungkapkan inkleden uttrykke seg, kle tankene sine i ord formułować expressar a formula излагать formulovať izraziti izraziti uttrycka, avfatta แสดงออก (ด้วยคำพูด) dile getirmek (用話語)表達 викладати, висловлювати خيالات كو لفظوں مي‍ں ادا كرنا diễn đạt 表达

couch → أريكة, مَضْجَع pohovka sofa Sofa καναπές sofá sohva canapé divan, kauč divano カウチソファー, 背付きの長椅子 소파 bank, sofa divan, sofabenk kanapa sofá диван soffa เก้าอี้ยาว, ที่นั่งมีพนักพิงและที่วางแขน divan, kanepe đi văng, ghế trường kỷ 长沙发

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