coucher

French

verb

Definitions

(transitive) to lay, to lay down
(transitive) to put to bed, to put up (a lodger)
(reflexive) to go to bed
(transitive) to lodge, to beat down (wheat)
(transitive) to layer (branches)
(transitive) to slant (writing)
(transitive) to aim at
(intransitive) to sleep
(intransitive) to spend the night
(intransitive) to lodge
(intransitive) to pack off to bed

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French coucher inherited from Old French couchier (go to bed) inherited from Latin collocāre.

Origin

Latin

collocāre

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