The difference between Couch and Lie down
When used as verbs, couch means to lie down, whereas lie down means to assume a reclining position.
Couch is also noun with the meaning: an item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
check bellow for the other definitions of Couch and Lie down
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Couch as a noun:
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
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Couch as a noun:
A bed, a resting-place.
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Couch as a noun (art, painting and gilding):
A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
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Couch as a noun (brewing):
A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
Examples:
"a couch of malt"
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Couch as a verb:
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
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Couch as a verb (archaic):
To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
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Couch as a verb:
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
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Couch as a verb (ophthalmology, transitive):
In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
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Couch as a verb (paper-making, transitive):
To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
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Couch as a verb (sewing, transitive):
To attach a thread onto with small stitches in order to add .
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Couch as a verb:
To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
Examples:
"He couched it as a request, but it was an order."
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Couch as a noun:
, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
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Lie down as a verb (intransitive):
To assume a reclining position.
Examples:
"'Lie down on the bed until you feel better."
"ant get up"
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Lie down as a verb (intransitive):
To be lazy or remiss.
Examples:
"He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job."
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Lie down as a verb (intransitive):
To submit passively.
Examples:
"I'm not going to lie down and take this!"