[kaʊtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on
(e.g: I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch)


Phrases:
- on the couch

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare ‘place together’ (see collocate)

[kaʊtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- express (something) in language of a specified style
(e.g: the assurances were couched in general terms)

- lay down
(e.g: two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass)

- lower (a spear) to the position for attack
(e.g: To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance)

- treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil
(e.g: cataracts, when simple, are to be couched)

- (in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread
(e.g: gold and silver threads couched by hand)


Phrases:
- on the couch

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare ‘place together’ (see collocate)

[kaʊtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: variant of quitch