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Definitions for Couching

[1] the act of a person or thing that couches.
[2] a method of embroidering in which a thread, often heavy, laid upon the surface of the material, is caught down at intervals by stitches taken with another thread through the material.
[3] work so made.
[4] a piece of furniture for seating from two to four people, typically in the form of a bench with a back, sometimes having an armrest at one or each end, and partly or wholly upholstered and often fitted with springs, tailored cushions, skirts, etc.; sofa.
[5] a similar article of furniture, with a headrest at one end, on which some patients of psychiatrists or psychoanalysts lie while undergoing treatment.
[6] a bed or other place of rest; a lounge; any place used for repose.
[7] the lair of a wild beast.
[8] Brewing . the frame on which barley is spread to be malted.
[9] Papermaking . the board or felt blanket on which wet pulp is laid for drying into paper sheets.
[10] Fine Arts . a primer coat or layer, as of paint.
[11] to arrange or frame (words, a sentence, etc.); put into words; express: a simple request couched in respectful language.
[12] to express indirectly or obscurely: the threat couched under his polite speech.
[13] to lower or bend down, as the head.
[14] to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to a horizontal position, as for attack.
[15] to put or lay down, as for rest or sleep; cause to lie down.
[16] to lay or spread flat.
[17] Papermaking . to transfer (a sheet of pulp) from the wire to the couch.
[18] to embroider by couching.
[19] Archaic . to hide; conceal.
[20] to lie at rest or asleep; repose; recline.
[21] to crouch; bend; stoop.
[22] to lie in ambush or in hiding; lurk.
[23] to lie in a heap for decomposition or fermentation, as leaves.
[24] a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath a pattern or work done by this method
[25] a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person
[26] a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst
[27] a frame upon which barley is malted
[28] a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting
[29] papermaking a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section
[30] archaic the lair of a wild animal
[31] (tr) to express in a particular style of language couched in an archaic style
[32] (when tr, usually reflexive or passive) to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep
[33] (intr) archaic to lie in ambush; lurk
[34] (tr) to spread (barley) on a frame for malting
[35] (intr) (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed
[36] (tr) to embroider or depict by couching
[37] (tr) to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried
[38] (tr) surgery to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye
[39] (tr) archaic to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position

Words related to Couching

lounge, chair, bed, utter, settee, divan, ottoman, davenport, daybed, chesterfield, put, phrase, frame, word, formulate

Words nearby Couching

couch roll, couch-surf, couchant, coucher, couchette, couching, couché, coudé, coudé telescope, couette flow, cougan

Origin of Couching

1300–50; (noun) Middle English couche < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of coucher; (v.) Middle English couchen < Anglo-French, Old French coucher, Old French colcher < Latin collocāre to put into place, equivalent to col- col-1 + locāre to put, place; see locate

Other words from Couching

well-couched , adjective

Word origin for Couching

C14: from Old French couche a bed, lair, from coucher to lay down, from Latin collocāre to arrange, from locāre to place; see locate

Synonyms for Couching

bed, chair, lounge, chesterfield, davenport, daybed, divan, ottoman, settee, chaise longue, love seat, resting place