couch vs put

couch

verb
  • To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for. 

  • To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture. 

  • To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying. 

  • To arrange or dispose as if in a bed. 

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

  • To lay something upon a bed or other resting place. 

  • To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. 

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

  • To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • The den of an otter. 

  • A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley. 

  • A preliminary layer, as of colour or size. 

  • Psychotherapy. 

  • Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed. 

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

  • A bed, a resting-place. 

put

verb
  • To express something in a certain manner. 

  • To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway. 

  • To play a card or a hand in the game called put. 

  • To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition. 

  • To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention. 

  • To place something somewhere. 

  • To attach or attribute; to assign. 

  • To exercise a put option. 

  • To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.) 

  • To steer; to direct one's course; to go. 

noun
  • A right to sell something at a predetermined price. 

  • The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. 

  • An old card game. 

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