Definition of couch

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