COUCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does couch mean?
• COUCH (noun)
The noun COUCH has 3 senses:
1. an upholstered seat for more than one person
2. a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
3. a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
Familiarity information: COUCH used as a noun is uncommon.
• COUCH (verb)
The verb COUCH has 1 sense:
1. formulate in a particular style or language
Familiarity information: COUCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COUCH (noun)
Meaning:
An upholstered seat for more than one person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
couch; lounge; sofa
Hypernyms ("couch" is a kind of...):
seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "couch"):
convertible; sofa bed (a sofa that can be converted into a bed)
daybed; divan bed (an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night)
divan (a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall))
love seat; loveseat; tete-a-tete; vis-a-vis (small sofa that seats two people)
settee (a small sofa)
squab (a soft padded sofa)
Meaning:
A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("couch" is a kind of...):
flat coat; ground; primer; primer coat; priming; priming coat; undercoat (the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface)
Meaning:
A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("couch" is a kind of...):
bed (a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep)
• COUCH (verb)
Meaning:
Formulate in a particular style or language
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
couch; redact; put; frame; cast
Context examples:
I wouldn't put it that way / She cast her request in very polite language
Hypernyms (to "couch" is one way to...):
articulate; formulate; give voice; phrase; word (put into words or an expression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
