<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a piece of furniture for seating from two to four people, typically in the form of a bench with a back, sometimes having an armrest at one or each end, and partly or wholly upholstered and often fitted with springs, tailored cushions, skirts, etc.; sofa</li><li>a similar article of furniture, with a headrest at one end, on which some patients of psychiatrists or psychoanalysts lie while undergoing treatment</li><li>a bed or other place of rest; a lounge; any place used for repose</li><li>the lair of a wild beast</li><li>the frame on which barley is spread to be malted</li><li>the board or felt blanket on which wet pulp is laid for drying into paper sheets</li><li>a primer coat or layer, as of paint</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to arrange or frame (words, a sentence, etc.); put into words; express</li><li>to express indirectly or obscurely</li><li>to lower or bend down, as the head</li><li>to lower (a spear, lance, etc.) to a horizontal position, as for attack</li><li>to put or lay down, as for rest or sleep; cause to lie down</li><li>to lay or spread flat</li><li>to transfer (a sheet of pulp) from the wire to the couch</li><li>to embroider by couching</li><li>to hide; conceal</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to lie at rest or asleep; repose; recline</li><li>to crouch; bend; stoop</li><li>to lie in ambush or in hiding; lurk</li><li>to lie in a heap for decomposition or fermentation, as leaves</li></ul>