couch

noun

/kaʊtʃ/

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a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on
- He was sprawled on the living-room couch watching TV.
- They sat down on the wide couch.
synonym settee, sofa
Extra Examples
- She settled down to read on the huge, overstuffed couch.
- The room contained an old worn couch.
- You can sleep on the pull-out couch.
Topics Houses and homesb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- comfortable
- comfy
- plush
- …
verb + couch
- lie (down) on
- recline on
- sink back on
- …
couch + noun
- cushion
- pillow
- potato
- …
preposition
- on a/the couch
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a long piece of furniture like a bed, especially in a doctor’s office
- She spends several hours a week on the psychiatrist's couch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- comfortable
- comfy
- plush
- …
verb + couch
- lie (down) on
- recline on
- sink back on
- …
couch + noun
- cushion
- pillow
- potato
- …
preposition
- on a/the couch
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle 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’, from col- ‘together’ + locare ‘to place’.

couch

verb

/kaʊtʃ/

[usually passive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they couch	/kaʊtʃ/ /kaʊtʃ/
he / she / it couches	/ˈkaʊtʃɪz/ /ˈkaʊtʃɪz/
past simple couched	/kaʊtʃt/ /kaʊtʃt/
past participle couched	/kaʊtʃt/ /kaʊtʃt/
-ing form couching	/ˈkaʊtʃɪŋ/ /ˈkaʊtʃɪŋ/

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to say or write words in a particular style or manner
- be couched (in something) The letter was deliberately couched in very vague terms.
Word OriginMiddle 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’, from col- ‘together’ + locare ‘to place’.