Definition of couch

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of couch is as below...

Couch (v. t.) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying..

Lern More About Couch

Dormant :: Dormant (a.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant..
Couchee :: Couchee (v. t.) A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince..
Recline :: Recline (v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch..
Couche :: Couche (v. t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon..
Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.
Depression :: Depression (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8..
Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..
Valance :: Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc..
Couche :: Couche (v. t.) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point..
Accubation :: Accubation (n.) The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals..
Upholster :: Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains..
Arest :: Arest (n.) A support for the spear when couched for the attack.
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
Coucher :: Coucher (n.) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge..
Couched :: Couched (imp. & p. p.) of Couc.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us