to lay upon a bed or other resting place.-to arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.-to lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.-to transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.-to conceal; to include or involve darkly.-to arrange; to place; to inlay.-to put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.-to treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.-to lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.-to lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.-to bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.-a bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the united states, a lounge.-any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.-a mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.-a preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.