COUCH

I. verb see: collocate Date: 14th century transitive verb to lay (oneself) down for rest or sleep, to embroider (a design) by laying down a thread and fastening it with small stitches at regular intervals, to place or hold level and pointed forward ready for use, to phrase or express in a specified manner , intransitive verb to lie down or recline for sleep or rest, to lie in ambush, II. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e bed, from Anglo-French kuche, from cucher Date: 14th century 1. an article of furniture for sitting or reclining, a ~ on which a patient reclines when undergoing psychoanalysis, the den of an animal (as an otter)