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Showing words for COUCHING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Couching

couching

7 Letter Words for Couching

gnocchi, ouching

6 Letter Words for Couching

chicon, cochin, unchic

5 Letter Words for Couching

chico, ching, chino, chung, cinch, cocin, coign, coing, conch, conic, couch, cough, cuing, hoing, hongi, incog, ohing

4 Letter Words for Couching

chic, chin, choc, chon, chou, chug, chun, cion, coch, coin, conc, cong, coni, cuon, hing, hoin, hong, hugo, huic, hung, icho, ichu, icon, inch, ingo, nigh, niog, ouch, ough, unci, unco, unio

3 Letter Words for Couching

chg, chi, chn, cho, cig, cog, con, cun, gin, gio, gnu, goi, gon, gou, gui, gun, hic, hin, hoc, hog, hoi, hon, hug, hui, hun, ich, ign, inc, ing, ion, iou, nco, nig, nog, noh, och, oni, oui, ugh, unc, ung, unh, uni

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