1. Verb
To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
2. Verb
To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
3. Verb
To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
4. Verb
To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
5. Verb
To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
6. Verb
To arrange; to place; to inlay.
7. Verb
To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.
8. Verb
To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
9. Verb
To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
10. Verb
To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
11. Verb
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
12. Verb
A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
13. Verb
Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
14. Verb
A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
15. Verb
A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
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