a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on:I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch
a reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst’s subject or doctor’s patient lies while undergoing treatment:the child was lying on the examination couch
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Universal
1express (something) in language of a specified style:the assurances were couched in general terms
2 literary lay down:two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass
3 archaic lower (a spear) to the position for attack:To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch’d his quiv’ring lance
4 (usually as noun couching) chiefly historical treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.
5(in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread:gold and silver threads couched by hand
on the couch
undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment.
