a long upholstered piece of furniture for sitting or lying on, either with a back and armrests or with a low back and raised head-end

a long upholstered seat with a headrest for patients to lie on during medical examination or psychoanalysis

to phrase (something) in a specified manner

The letter was couched in hostile terms

formerly, to treat (a cataract) by displacing the lens of the eye

to lower (a weapon) to an attacking position

to embroider (a design) by attaching a thread to a fabric using small regularly spaced stitches

said of an animal: to lie down to sleep

literary to lie in ambush