couch
//ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ//
Forms
- Plural
- couches
- present (v1)
- couch
- past (v2)
- couched
- past participle (v3)
- couched
- present participle
- couching
- 3rd person singular
- couches
Definitions
1.An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- Lay down on the couch.
2.A bed, a resting-place.
- Lay down on the couch.
3.The den of an otter.
- A couch was located under the roots of an uprooted tree in a medium dense spruce patch and the second couch was located under a free standing spruce along a regulation channel.
4.A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- Lay down on the couch.
1.To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
2.To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
3.To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
4.To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
- All you do around here, Troy, is eat and couch and fondle the remote control.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3377
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below).
Doublet of cwtch.