How to pronounce couch?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of couch by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of couch through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of couch is /kˈaʊtʃ/.

Definition of couch according to Wiktionary:
couch can be a noun, a verb or a name

As a noun couch can mean:
1. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
2. A bed, a resting-place.
3. The den of an otter.
4. A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
5. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
6. Psychotherapy.
7. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

As a verb couch can mean:
1. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
2. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
3. To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
4. To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
5. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
6. To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
7. 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.
8. To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
9. To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
10. To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
11. To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.

As a name couch can mean:
Surname.


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