The psychiatrist had his patients sit in a chair, rather than lie down on a ____.

verb

1. To lay (oneself) down for rest or sleep

   "The lion couched himself by a tree."

2. To embroider (a design) by laying down a thread and fastening it with small stitches at regular intervals
3. To place or hold level and pointed forward ready for use

   "Couching his lance, he seated himself firmly in his saddle …"

4. To phrase or express in a specified manner

   "The comments were couched in strong terms."

5. To lie down or recline for sleep or rest

   "the odd way a camel couches"

6. To lie in ambush

   "The tiger couches in the thick grass, watching its prey move closer."

noun

1. An article of furniture for sitting or reclining
2. A couch on which a patient reclines when undergoing psychoanalysis
3. The den of an animal (such as an otter)

noun

1. Quack grass
2. Any of several grasses that resemble quack grass in spreading by creeping rhizomes

noun

1. A lazy and inactive person

noun

1. A couch in an entertainment executive's office on which aspiring actresses are reputed to perform sexual acts in exchange for desired roles

noun

1. An upholstered usually backless couch that can be made to serve as a double bed by sliding from underneath it the frame of a single cot

biographical name

1. Sir Arthur Thomas 1863–1944 pseudonym Q English author

noun

1. A European grass (Elymus repens synonym Agropyron repens) that is naturalized throughout North America and spreads by creeping rhizomes