Couch

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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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