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Couch

noun

An upholstered seat for more than one person. Synonyms: lounge, sofa.

A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer.

A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.

verb

(past & past part. couched; pres. part. couching)

Formulate in a particular style or language. Synonyms: cast, frame, put, redact. "She cast her request in very polite language"

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"Couch" Quotes from Famous Books

... bothered for a while yet, at any rate," said Charley, thoughtfully, as he stretched out on his couch and pulled his blanket over him. "Good-night, all; here goes for the land ...

— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely

... got there at last; and very snug did the old vault look, with the little brazier and the lamp, and the curtain to keep off the draught, and food and bedding on the floor. I sank down on the straw they had prepared for me, and never was couch of down more grateful to a luxurious man than this poor pallet to me. La Croissette viewed the whole party with keenness, then, putting his bottle to my lips, said, "Take this; there's a little left." ...

— Jacques Bonneval • Anne Manning

... gain any knowledge of who them fellers war?" Mallows sought to couch his question in the manner of interest for the wrongs of another, but just a shade too much eagerness on his own part marred ...

— A Pagan of the Hills • Charles Neville Buck

... haste, and stood by the criminals' wooden couch, where they slept side by side in long rows. One of them started up from his sleep like a wild animal, and uttered a hideous scream: he struck his companion with his sharp elbow, and the latter ...

— Pictures of Sweden • Hans Christian Andersen

... find out whether they shall win a few pence at the end. None but driveling idiots could spend time in inquiring into all that is happening around them, whether Madame Such-an-One slept single on her couch or in company, whether she has more blood than lymph, more temperament than virtue. None but the dupes, who fondly imagine that they are useful to their like, can interest themselves in laying down rules for political guidance amid events which neither ...

— Gobseck • Honore de Balzac

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