ALL meanings of couching
couch·ing
C c - noun couching a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath 3
- noun couching a pattern or work done by this method 3
- noun couching Present participle of couch. 1
- noun couching 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 springs, tailored cushions, skirts, etc.; sofa. 1
- noun couching a similar article of furniture, with a headrest at one end, on which some patients of psychiatrists or psychoanalysts lie while undergoing treatment. 1
- noun couching a bed or other place of rest; a lounge; any place used for repose. 1
- noun couching the lair of a wild beast. 1
- noun couching Brewing. the frame on which barley is spread to be malted. 1
- noun couching Papermaking. the board or felt blanket on which wet pulp is laid for drying into paper sheets. 1
- noun couching Fine Arts. a primer coat or layer, as of paint. 1
- verb with object couching to arrange or frame (words, a sentence, etc.); put into words; express: a simple request couched in respectful language. 1
- verb with object couching to express indirectly or obscurely: the threat couched under his polite speech. 1
- verb with object couching to lower or bend down, as the head. 1
- verb with object couching to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to a horizontal position, as for attack. 1
- verb with object couching to put or lay down, as for rest or sleep; cause to lie down. 1
- verb with object couching to lay or spread flat. 1
- verb with object couching Papermaking. to transfer (a sheet of pulp) from the wire to the couch. 1
- verb with object couching to embroider by couching. 1
- verb with object couching Archaic. to hide; conceal. 1
- verb without object couching to lie at rest or asleep; repose; recline. 1
- verb without object couching to crouch; bend; stoop. 1
- verb without object couching to lie in ambush or in hiding; lurk. 1
- verb without object couching to lie in a heap for decomposition or fermentation, as leaves. 1
- idioms couching on the couch, Informal. undergoing psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment. 1
- noun couching (medicine) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract. 0
- noun couching (textiles) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through. 0