Associations to the word «Couch»

Pictures for the word «Couch»

Wiktionary

COUCH, noun. An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
COUCH, noun. Bed, resting-place.
COUCH, noun. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
COUCH, noun. (art) (painting and gilding)   A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
COUCH, verb. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
COUCH, verb. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
COUCH, verb. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
COUCH, verb. (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
COUCH, verb. (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
COUCH, verb. (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
COUCH, verb. (transitive) (paper-making) To transfer (e.g. sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
COUCH, verb. (transitive) (medicine) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle.
COUCH, verb. To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
COUCH, verb. (colloquial) Travel in economy class.
COUCH, verb. To phrase in a particular style, to use specific wording for.
COUCH, verb. (archaic) To conceal; to hide
COUCH, noun. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
COUCH DOCTOR, noun. (US) (colloquial) A psychiatrist.
COUCH DOCTORS, noun. Plural of couch doctor
COUCH GRASS, noun. A species of grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
COUCH POTATO, noun. A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.
COUCH POTATOES, noun. Plural of couch potato
COUCH SURF, verb. To use temporary overnight accommodations in one or more private residences, especially without cash payment.
COUCH SURFED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of couch surf
COUCH SURFING, verb. Present participle of couch surf
COUCH SURFS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couch surf

Dictionary definition

COUCH, noun. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
COUCH, noun. A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer.
COUCH, noun. A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.
COUCH, verb. Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis