to recline on a couch

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• Recline — Re*cline , v. i. 1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall. [1913 Webster] 2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• couch — 1. noun /kaʊtʃ/ a) An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. b) Bed, resting place. , Syn: davenport, divan, settee, sofa 2 …   Wiktionary

• Couch — Couch, v. i. 1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. [1913 Webster] Where souls do couch on flowers, we ll hand in hand. Shak. [1913 Webster] If I court moe women, you ll couch with moe men. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• couch — [kouch] n. [ME & OFr couche, a bed, lair: see COUCH the vt.] 1. an article of furniture on which one may sit or lie down; sofa; divan 2. any resting place 3. Old Poet. a place for sleeping; bed 4. Obs. an animal s lair or den 5. Brewi …   English World dictionary

• couch´like´ — couch1 «kowch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long seat, usually upholstered and having a back and arms; sofa: »Over against one wall was a black leather couch not a davenport, not a settee, but simply a battered old leather couch (Robert Traver).… …   Useful english dictionary

• couch´er — couch1 «kowch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long seat, usually upholstered and having a back and arms; sofa: »Over against one wall was a black leather couch not a davenport, not a settee, but simply a battered old leather couch (Robert Traver).… …   Useful english dictionary

• couch — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ comfortable, comfy (informal), plush (esp. AmE), soft (esp. AmE) ▪ leather, velvet ▪ overstuffed (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

• couch — /kowch/ or, for 6, 15, /koohch/, n. 1. a piece of furniture for seating from two to four people, typically in the form of a bench with a back, sometimes having an armrest at one or each end, and partly or wholly upholstered and often fitted with… …   Universalium

• couch — Synonyms and related words: analysis, bear down, bed, bed down, bedstead, bring low, bunk, burrow, cave, conceive, couch in terms, covert, crawl, creep, crouch, curl up, debase, den, depress, depth interview, depth psychology, detrude, divan,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• couch — I. v. n. 1. Lie, recline, lie down. 2. Crouch, squat, lie flat. 3. Stoop, bend down. II. v. a. 1. Express, utter, set forth, clothe in words. 2. Conceal, hide, cover up. 3. Lay (a …   New dictionary of synonyms

• recline — verb recline on the sofa Syn: lie, lie down, lie back, lean back; be recumbent; relax, repose, loll, lounge, sprawl, stretch out; literary couch …   Thesaurus of popular words