couch

Определение couch в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To phrase in a particular style, to use specific wording
He couched it as a request, but it was an order.; To conceal; to hide
You have overlooked a fallacy couched in the experiment of the stick.; To phrase in a certain manner; To lie down; to recline (upon a couch); Bed, resting-place; An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person; {n} a seat for ease, bed, layer; {v} to squat or lie down, hide, fix, take off, contain; a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer; To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying; To arrange; to place; to inlay; A heap of steeped barley that is cast on the malting floor for germination; To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc; an upholstered seat for more than one person; To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed; {f} recline; lower; ambush; express, put into words; transfer to a couch (Papermaking); A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt; A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people. = sofa, settee; To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie; a technique used in embroidery to stitch down one thread with another In quilting, this method allows you to zigzag over thicker threads, thereby attaching them to the surface without putting them through the needle of your sewing machine; To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract; If a statement is couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language. The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms = phrase. be couched in sth to be expressed in a particular way; a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment; A couch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor; Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc; To arrange or dispose as in a bed; sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun; A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge; A term that refer to a heap of barley on the malting floor; To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly; a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer; To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; used with in and under; formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"; A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc; to stoop; to crouch; To lay upon a bed or other resting place; To conceal; to include or involve darkly; {i} long upholstered seat; bed, place for resting; animal's lair; board on which paper pulp is dried (Papermaking)
couch grass: A species of grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed
couch potato: A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks and drinking alcohol
couch potatoes: plural form of couch potato
couch surf: To use temporary overnight accommodations in one or more private residences, especially without cash payment
couch surfed: Simple past tense and past participle of couch surf
couch surfing: Present participle of couch surf
couch surfs: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couch surf
couch-grass: Alternative spelling of couch grass
couch-potato: Attributive form of couch potato, noun
couch-surf: Alternative spelling of couch surf
couch potato: One who sits in front of the television for long periods of time, with little or no physical activity. Example: 1 My roommate is such a couch potato - last weekend he watched television for 14 hours straight! Etymology: A 'potato' is a vegetable that just sits there, doing nothing
couch grass: A Eurasian grass (Agropyron repens) that has whitish-yellow root stocks and has become a troublesome weed in the New World. Also called quack grass, witch grass. or quack grass Rapidly spreading grass (Agropyron repens) with flat, somewhat hairy leaves and erect flower spikes, native to Europe and introduced into other northern temperate areas for forage or erosion control. In cultivated land, it is considered a weed because of its persistence. Its long, yellowish-white rhizomes must be completely dug up to eradicate the plant because broken rhizomes generate new plants. Couch grass has been used in various home remedies in Europe, and the rhizomes have been eaten during periods of famine
couch grass: See Quitch grass
couch potato: television addict (Slang)
couch potato: disapproval A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies. couch potatoes flicking through endless satellite TV channels. A person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television. someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television
couch potato: What Mom finds on the sofa during Dallas Cowboy games
couch potato: a slang phrase to describe someone who watches many hours of TV
couch potato: What Mom finds under the sofa cushions after the kids eat dinner
couch potato: an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
couch-grass: {i} rapidly spreading troublesome weed
covered couch: a litter with a cover for privacy
Winnipeg couch: A simple couch having no back or arms, that can be converted into a double bed
He slept between sheets and on a flounced Winnipeg couch that stood in one corner of the twelve-foot square room that served as his cell.
casting couch: A sofa on which a jobseeker is expected to perform sexual acts in return for a part in a film or other job
casting couch: The situation as described above
couched: {a} cleared, comprehended, expressed
labour couch: A doula also known as a labour coach is a nonmedical person who assists a woman before, during, or after childbirth, as well as her partner and/or family by providing information, physical assistance, and emotional support
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch: born Nov. 21, 1863, Bodmin, Cornwall, Eng. died May 12, 1944, Fowey, Cornwall English poet, novelist, and anthologist. Educated at Oxford, he worked as a journalist and editor in London before settling in his native Cornwall. He taught at Cambridge from 1912. He is noted for compiling The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 (1900; revised 1939) and The Oxford Book of Ballads (1910). His works, written in a clear and apparently effortless style, include many novels and short stories, verse, and criticism, including On the Art of Writing (1916) and On the Art of Reading (1920)
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: born Nov. 21, 1863, Bodmin, Cornwall, Eng. died May 12, 1944, Fowey, Cornwall English poet, novelist, and anthologist. Educated at Oxford, he worked as a journalist and editor in London before settling in his native Cornwall. He taught at Cambridge from 1912. He is noted for compiling The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 (1900; revised 1939) and The Oxford Book of Ballads (1910). His works, written in a clear and apparently effortless style, include many novels and short stories, verse, and criticism, including On the Art of Writing (1916) and On the Art of Reading (1920)
couched: Same as Couch&?
couched: past of couch
couches: plural of couch
couches: third-person singular of couch
couching: The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract
couching: Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through
studio couch: {i} sofa bed, couch which can be made into a bed, pull-out couch
studio couch: A couch that can be made to serve as a double bed by sliding the frame of a cot from beneath it
studio couch: convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed

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Определение couch в Турецкий язык Английский Язык словарь
couch potato: (Atasözü) Televizyon karşısında çok vakit geçirerek tembellik eden kişi