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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
couch
    n 1: an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa,
         couch, lounge]
    2: a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
    3: a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or
       psychoanalytic treatment
    v 1: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't
         put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
         language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
   down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
   + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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   1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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            Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
            Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
      by the reflexive pronoun.
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            The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
            of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
                                                  Burnet.
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   3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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            It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
            potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
      pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
      further drying.
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   5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
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            There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
            couched under this allegory.          --L'Estrange.
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   6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
      -- used with in and under.
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            A well-couched invective.             --Milton.
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            I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
            cool terms.                           --Blackw. Mag.
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   8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
      lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
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   To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
      position of attack; to place in rest.
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            He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
            And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Couch \Couch\, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier.
   See Couch, v. t. ]
   1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the
      United States, a lounge.
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            Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile
            In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch?
                                                  --Shak.
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            Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
            About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
                                                  --Bryant.
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   2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
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   3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate,
      in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch
      of malt.
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   4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color,
      size, etc.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Couch \Couch\, v. i.
   1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of
      rest; to repose; to lie.
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            Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in
            hand.                                 --Shak.
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            If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to
      be included or involved darkly.
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            We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the
            light of our fairies.                 --Shak.
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            The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet
            couch beneath the words of the Scripture. --I.
                                                  Taylor.
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   3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to
      stoop; to crouch. [Obs.]
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            An aged squire
            That seemed to couch under his shield three-square.
                                                  --Spenser.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coach \Coach\ (k[=o]ch; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio,
   dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel
   shell, Gr. ?, akin to Skr. [,c]ankha. Cf. Conch,
   Cockboat, Cockle.]
   1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in
      the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside,
      each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in
      front for the driver.
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   Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect
         to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches
         and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats
         inside, each for two or three persons, and seats
         outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
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   2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for
      examination. [Colloq.]
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            Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester
            coach.                                --G. Eliot.
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   3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck,
      usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.]
      [Obs.]
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            The commanders came on board and the council sat in
            the coach.                            --Pepys.
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   4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished
      from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is
      sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
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   5. One who coaches; specif. (sports), a trainer; one who
      assists in training individual athletes or the members of
      a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions
      in sports; as, a third base coach.
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6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Couch
   (Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for
   repose or rest. (See BED.)
   

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