couch
couch Lexical Profile
couch Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A long upholstered piece of furniture designed for seating two or more people, typically with a back and armrests.
"After a long day at work, she collapsed onto the couch and turned on the television."
A padded examination table used by a doctor, therapist, or psychoanalyst for a patient to recline on.
"The patient reclined on the psychoanalyst's couch and began to discuss his childhood memories."
• verb
To express something in language of a specified style or manner.
"The diplomat carefully couched his warning in polite terms to avoid offending the host nation."
To lower a spear or lance to a horizontal position for attack.
"The knights couched their lances as they spurred their horses toward each other in the tournament."
• Rhymes for couch
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'couche' (noun) and 'couchen' (verb), borrowed from Old French 'coucher' (to lay down), which derives from Latin 'collocare' (to place together).