English · Word Candidate

couch

/ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/

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Also seen as: couches · couching · couched

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Một món đồ nội thất để ngồi thoải mái cho nhiều người

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NounRegister: US

Examples

At a casting workshop, an actor was performing a blank scene […] and he had not bothered to make any choices about why he was on stage, what his motivation was, what he was playing. He had decided who he was and where he was (on a couch with his girlfriend) but had not decided what he wanted. So the

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A bed, a resting-place.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Giường, nơi nghỉ ngơi

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Noun

Examples

O Sleepe, O gentle Sleepe, […] O thou dull God, why lyeſt thou with the vilde, / In loathſome Beds, and leau'st the Kingly Couch, / A Watch-caſe, or a common Larum-Bell?

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nằm xuống; ngả ra

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Verb

Examples

Why did you ſo, doth not the Gentleman / Deſerue as full as fortunate a bed, / As euer Beatrice ſhall couch upon?

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

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

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

cúi người xuống vì kính trọng, đau, vất vả, v.v.

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Verb

Examples

At laſt, as thro an open Plain they yode, / They ſpy'd a Knight, that towards pricked fair, / And him beſide an aged Squire there rode, / That ſeem'd to couch under his Shield three-ſquare, / As if that Age bad him that Burden ſpare, / And yield it thoſe that ſtouter could it wield: […]

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “couch” mean?

An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

Is “couch” formal or informal?

couch is generally US.