Meaning of couch in English

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    couch

    Definitions

    1. formulate in a particular style or language

    Examples

    • « I wouldn't put it that way »
    • « She cast her request in very polite language »

  2. Noun

    couch

    Etymology

    Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare‘place together’ (see collocate)

    Definitions

    1. an upholstered seat for more than one person
  3. 2. a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
  4. 3. a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment