to couch
1
5.7
- verb
- /kaʊtʃ/
:
agacharse
- And I was like, maybe, maybe I shouldn't have said to the young people who, you know, might be in their house, be like, I just put my couch on inside and get under it.
Examples
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What I can't figure out is, with all this kind of action going on in here, what are you doing out there couching it?
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You might succeed if you couch your story in terms of your own need for protection.
Academic text (1996) -
If you are homeless and without a car, my best advice to you is to couch surf.
Blog text (25) -
I was holding the lance couched real pretty, from force of habit.
Fiction book (1997) -
He couched; he lay down as a lion.
Blog text (5) -
We extinguished it with oil, and he was couched, unable to hold back his moans.
Fiction book (1994) -
My arms float above me, my spine is nicely curved, my body is couched in the sea.
Fiction book (1994) -
With my spear couched and my hair lying back ike a young mars.
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During the moment when he had distracted the Locomotive, the Quijote had couched his lance and charged.
Fiction book (2001) -
She had to couch low behind the bushes to avoid being seen.
Synonyms
102
1.8
To crouch or kneel down to a lower position
65
1.8
To lower your body close to the ground by bending your knees and leaning forward
3
4.2
To lower your body quickly by bending your knees to avoid being seen or hit
1
4.3
To crouch down close to the ground by bending the knees
1
8.5
To crouch with knees bent and body close to the ground ready to move
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
1
3.7
Cuddle or lie close together on a couch for warmth and affection
Compounds
- Offensive
3
7.7
Asking for sex from someone who wants an acting job in return for a role
- UK
1
7.5
A European grass with long underground roots that spreads quickly and becomes a common weed
How Low
Surface Forms
Etymology
To couch meaning to lower your body comes from the Old French coucher 'to lie down', so to couch is to lie low or bend close to the ground to hide or protect yourself. That's why animals and people 'couch' when they need to stay low.