couch

1. v. t. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Source: opted

2. v. t. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. Source: opted

3. v. t. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. Source: opted

4. v. t. To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying. Source: opted

5. v. t. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. Source: opted

6. v. t. To arrange; to place; to inlay. Source: opted

7. v. t. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under. Source: opted

8. v. t. To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. Source: opted

9. v. i. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. Source: opted

10. v. i. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly. Source: opted

11. v. i. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. Source: opted

12. v. t. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge. Source: opted

13. v. t. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc. Source: opted

14. 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. Source: opted

15. v. t. A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc. Source: opted

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