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Synonyms for couch

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kouch or for 6, 14, kooch
Phonetic Transcription : kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ

Top 10 synonyms for couch
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Définition of couch

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to overlay with gold, inlay," from Old French couchier "to lay down, place; go to bed, put to bed," from Latin collocare "to lay, place, station, arrange," from com- "together" (see com-) + locare "to place" (see locate). Meaning "to put into words" is from 1520s. Related: Couched; couching. Heraldic couchant ("lying down with the head up") is late 15c., from the French present participle.
  • noun sofa; long, upholstered furniture
  • verb express in particular way
Example sentences :
  • Afterward, I looked downward, and saw my dead body lying on a couch.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Pericles went to seek his son, and found him reclining on the couch where he had left him.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • They laid Paralus upon a couch, with the belief that he slept to wake no more.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • She arose, gently placed his arm on the couch, and looked upon his face.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Aspasia sank on the couch, and bowed her head upon her hands.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He led her, unresisting, around to the couch at the other side of the table.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We'll put it across that corner, and have the couch against that wall.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Then he dropped to a seat on the couch, and proceeded to make his confidences to the magnate.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Then, mechanically, his hand went to the lamp on the table back of the couch.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Harriet, who had come home by that time, sat by the couch and held her sister's hand.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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