couch1
/
kaʊtʃ/
n.
a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on.
▸a reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst's subject or doctor's patient lies while undergoing treatment.
v.
-
(usu. be couched in)
express in language of a specified style.
- literary lie down.
- archaic lower (a spear) to the position for attack.
- chiefly historical treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.
- (in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. couche (n.), coucher (v.), from L. collocare (see collocation).
couch2
/
kaʊtʃ,
kuːtʃ/
n.
a coarse grass with long creeping roots.
[
Elymus repens and other species.]
Etymology
C16: var. of quitch.
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