Couch
noun
- 1.
- ~ something (in something) (a sofa or settee, any resting place) កៅអីវែង, កៅអីទម្រេត, ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាព្រះចៅសុលតង់ (ក្នុងសម័យបុរាណ) / living room couch សូហ្វា, កន្លែងដេក, psychiatrist's couch គ្រែទម្រេត
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) គ្រែសំរាប់ដាក់អ្នកជំងឺវះកាត់
verb — past tense: couched ; past participle: couched ; present participle: couching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to put in words, to express, to lay as on a couch) សម្ដែងរៀបពាក្យឱ្យមាន័យយ៉ាងណាមួយ, សរសេរ, ចារ, រៀបចំ, បញ្ចូល
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
- 2.
- A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
- 3.
- A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
verb — past tense: couched ; past participle: couched ; present participle: couching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To arrange; to place; to inlay.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.
- 9.
- (TRANSITIVE) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
- 10.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
- 11.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
- 12.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.