1. 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.
2. a similar article of furniture, with a headrest at one end, on which some patients of psychiatrists or psychoanalysts lie while undergoing treatment.
3. a bed or other place of rest; a lounge; any place used for repose.
4. the lair of a wild beast.
5. the frame on which barley is spread to be malted.
6. the board or felt blanket on which wet pulp is laid for drying into paper sheets.
7. a primer coat or layer, as of paint.

8. to arrange or frame (words, a sentence, etc.); put into words; express: a simple request couched in respectful language.
9. to express indirectly or obscurely: the threat couched under his polite speech.
10. to lower or bend down, as the head.
11. to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to a horizontal position, as for attack.
12. to put or lay down, as for rest or sleep; cause to lie down.
13. to lay or spread flat.
14. to transfer (a sheet of pulp) from the wire to the couch.
15. to embroider by couching.
16. to hide; conceal.

17. to lie at rest or asleep; repose; recline.
18. to crouch; bend; stoop.
19. to lie in ambush or in hiding; lurk.
20. to lie in a heap for decomposition or fermentation, as leaves.

21. undergoing psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.

1. a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person
2. a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst
3. a frame upon which barley is malted
4. a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting
5. 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
6. the lair of a wild animal

7. to express in a particular style of language
8. to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep
9. to lie in ambush; lurk
10. to spread (barley) on a frame for malting
11. (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed
12. to embroider or depict by couching
13. to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried
14. to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye
15. to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position

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