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(1):

(v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

(2):

(v. t.) A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.

(3):

(v. t.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.

(4):

(v. i.) To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.

(5):

(v. t.) To arrange; to place; to inlay.

(6):

(v. t.) To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

(7):

(v. t.) To arrange or dispose as in a bed; - sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

(8):

(v. t.) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.

(9):

(v. t.) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

(10):

(v. t.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.

(11):

(v. t.) To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; - used with in and under.

(12):

(v. t.) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

(13):

(v. t.) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.

(14):

(v. t.) To conceal; to include or involve darkly.

(15):

(v. i.) To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Couch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/couch.html. 1828.
 
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