couch

n. long upholstered seat; bed, place for resting; animal's lair; board on which paper pulp is dried (Papermaking)

v. recline; lower; ambush; express, put into words; transfer to a couch (Papermaking)

A couch, loveseat, sofa, settee, lounge, davenport or chesterfield are items of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. Compare the joiner's  settle, with its separate seat cushions.Couches are usually to be found in the living room, den or the lounge. They come in a variety of textiles and in leather. A typical couch seats two to three people and has an armrest on either side. Many different types of couches exist; popular types include the divan. the chaise longue, the canapé or the ottoman. Also, to conserve space, some sofas double as beds (sofa-bed, daybed, or futon).
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Community of Urbana-Champaign Cooperative Housing, or COUCH, is an association of student housing cooperatives in Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It is a member of NASCO.COUCH began in 1997 as an umbrella organization for the independent housing co-ops in the Champaign-Urbana area, but was also founded with the vision of creating a larger co-op community to advance co-oping, establish community, and achieve economies of scale within the co-op community. It currently consists of four houses:Gwendolyn Brooks Cooperative(Urbana), a 14-member house, opened its doors as a member-controlled co-op house in August 2001.Harvest House Cooperative (Urbana), another 14-member house, was also founded in 2001.La Casa Grande Colectiva (Urbana), founded around 1970, houses seven members and is the oldest independent co-op in Champaign-Urbana.Phoenix House (Champaign), a four-to-five member co-op, sprang from the ashes of the Green House cooperative (1985-2001) in 2001.
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n. couch, long upholstered seat

(v. t.)
To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
  

(v. t.)
To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
  

(v. t.)
To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.
  

(v. t.)
To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
  

(v. t.)
To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
  

(v. t.)
To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
  

(v. t.)
To arrange; to place; to inlay.
  

(v. t.)
To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
  

(v. t.)
Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
  

(v. t.)
A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
  

(v. t.)
A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
  

(v. t.)
A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
  

(v. i.)
To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
  

(v. i.)
To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
  

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

A technique where the lance is held under the arm to steady it during a course, substantially reducing the amount of flex and increasing the accuracy of a lunge.