Couch

Etymology 1
From couche.

Noun

 * 1) An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
 * 2) Bed, resting-place.



Synonyms

 * : davenport, divan, settee, sofa

Derived terms

 * couch surfing
 * uncouched

Descendants

 * German:

Verb

 * 1) To lie down; to recline (upon a couch).
 * 2) To phrase in a certain manner.

Synonyms

 * : lie down, recline

Etymology 2
From couchier:

Verb

 * 1) To phrase in a particular style, to use specific wording.
 * He couched it as a request, but it was an order.
 * 1)  To conceal; to hide
 * 2) * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
 * You have overlooked a fallacy couched in the experiment of the stick.

Synonyms

 * : express, phrase, term, word

Etymology 3
From quitch: < cwice: <  kweke:.

Noun

 * 1) couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed

Adjectives for Couch
frosty; hollow; narrow; unruffled; fiery; uncurtained; rushy; slippery; nuptial; tortured; stony; bridal; resplendent; sumptuous; festal; luxurious; be-tumbled; eastern; rude; restless; soft; broad; low; big; grassy.

Verbs
clamber on—; defile—; ensconce on—; exalt —; fling upon—; lie on—; recline on—; rest on—; roll off—; sprawl on—; stretch upon—; stuff—; upholster—; —invites; — tempts.

Adverbs for Couch
cautiously; gracefully; flatteringly; tactfully; fastidiously; expressively; diplomatically.

Thesaurus
analysis, bear down, bed, bed down, bedstead, bring low, bunk, burrow, cave, conceive, couch in terms, covert, crawl, creep, crouch, curl up, debase, den, depress, depth interview, depth psychology, detrude, divan, doss, downbear, dream analysis, dream symbolism, earth, embed, embody in words, express, form, formularize, formulate, frame, give expression to, give words to, go to bed, go to rest, group analysis, grovel, gumshoe, gurney, haul down, hole, hug the earth, indent, interpretation of dreams, kip, lair, lay wait, let down, lie down, lie in wait, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, litter, lodge, loll, lounge, lower, lurk, mew, nightwalk, paragraph, phrase, present, press down, prone, prostrate, prowl, psychanalysis, psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic method, psychoanalytic therapy, psychognosis, psychognosy, psychology of depths, pull down, push down, pussyfoot, put, put in words, recline, reduce, repose, rest, rhetorize, run, set out, settee, settle, settle to rest, shadow, sink, skulk, slink, sneak, snug down, sofa, sprawl, squat, stalk, state, steal, stretcher, style, supinate, take down, take it easy, take life easy, tete-a-tete, the couch, the hay, the sack, thrust down, tiptoe, tunnel, underlie, vis-a-vis, word

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, أريكة,  مضجع
 * Armenian: բազմոց (bazmoc')
 * Bulgarian:, кушетка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  長沙發椅,  长沙发椅
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: sohva, leposohva
 * French: ,
 * German: Sofa, Couch


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: カウチ, ソファ,  寝台
 * Maltese: sufan
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, кушетка,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: langasaid
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: kanepe
 * Vietnamese: đi văng

Verb

 * Bulgarian:, полягам
 * Danish: lægge sig


 * French: s'allonger (sur un sofa or sur un canapé)
 * Italian: sdraiarsi (su un divano or su un sofa)

Verb

 * Bulgarian: излагам, формулирам
 * Danish: affatte, udtrykke
 * Hungarian: megfogalmaz


 * Polish: ubierać w słowa, redagować, zredagować
 * Portuguese:, estilizar

Noun

 * German: Kriech-Quecke