vt to lay upon a bed or other resting place.
2. couch ·vt a preliminary layer, as of color, size, ·etc.
3. couch ·vt any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, ·etc.
4. couch ·vt to conceal; to include or involve darkly.
5. couch ·vt to lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
6. couch ·vt a bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the united states, a lounge.
7. couch ·vt to arrange or dispose as in a bed;
sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
8. couch ·vt to treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
9. couch ·vt to arrange; to place; to inlay.
10. couch ·vt to transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
11. couch ·vi to lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
12. couch ·vi to bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, ·etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
13. couch ·vi to lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
14. couch ·vt a mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
15. couch ·vt to put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
used with in and under.