couch.

An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

A bed, a resting-place.

The den of an otter.

A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.

A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.

a couch of malt

Psychotherapy.

He spent years on the couch going over his traumatic childhood.

Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.

If Kamala Harris replaces Joe Biden in the 2024 election, analysts warn that she will lose to the couch.

To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).

To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.

To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.

To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.

In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.

To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.

To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.

To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.

He couched it as a request, but it was an order.

To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.

Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.