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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. (n.) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.

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