Quackgrass vs. Couch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Quackgrass and Couch
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Definitions
Quackgrass
A species of grass, Elymus repens
Couch
A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, futon, or chesterfield (see Etymology below), is a piece of furniture for seating two or three people. It is commonly found in the form of a bench, with upholstered armrests, and often fitted with springs and tailored cushions.
Quackgrass
European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
Couch
A long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on
I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch
Couch
A coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens.
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Couch
Express (something) in language of a specified style
The assurances were couched in general terms
Couch
Lay down
Two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass
Couch
Lower (a spear) to the position for attack
To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance
Couch
Treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.
Couch
(in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread
Gold and silver threads couched by hand
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Couch
A sofa.
Couch
A sofa on which a patient lies while undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment.
Couch
The frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting.
Couch
A layer of grain, usually barley, spread to germinate.
Couch
A priming coat of paint or varnish used in artistic painting.
Couch
To word in a certain manner; phrase
Couched their protests in diplomatic language.
Couch
To cause (oneself) to lie down, as for rest.
Couch
To embroider by laying thread flat on a surface and fastening it by stitches at regular intervals.
Couch
To spread (grain) on a couch to germinate, as in malting.
Couch
To lower (a spear, for example) to horizontal position, as for an attack.
Couch
To lie down; recline, as for rest.
Couch
To lie in ambush or concealment; lurk.
Couch
To be in a heap or pile, as leaves for decomposition or fermentation.
Couch
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
Couch
A bed, a resting-place.
Couch
The den of an otter.
Couch
A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
Couch
(brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
A couch of malt
Couch
Psychotherapy.
He spent years on the couch going over his traumatic childhood.
Couch
, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
Couch
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
Couch
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
Couch
(transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
Couch
(transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
Couch
(transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
Couch
(transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
Couch
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.
Couch
To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
Couch
To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
Couch
To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
He couched it as a request, but it was an order.
Couch
(archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
Couch
To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Couch
To arrange or dispose as in a bed; - sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity.
Couch
To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
Couch
To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
Couch
To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory.
Couch
To arrange; to place; to inlay.
Couch
To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; - used with in and under.
A well-couched invective.
I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms.
Couch
To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
He stooped his head, and couched his spear,And spurred his steed to full career.
Couch
To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand.
If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men.
Couch
To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies.
The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture.
Couch
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
An aged squireThat seemed to couch under his shield three-square.
Couch
A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vileIn loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch?
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couchAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Couch
Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
Couch
A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
Couch
A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
Couch
An upholstered seat for more than one person
Couch
A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
Couch
A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
Couch
Formulate in a particular style or language;
I wouldn't put it that way
She cast her request in very polite language
