Couchant

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  • adjective. Lying down with the head raised.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lying down; crouching; not erect.
  • Sleeping in a place; staying.
  • In heraldry, lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping: applied to a lion or other beast.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
  • adjective. Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.
  • adjective. rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Lying down; crouching.
  • adjective. Represented as lying down with the head raised.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
    • Word Usage
    "“The crest is a Stag couchant, vulnerated through the neck by a broad arrow; on his side is a Martlett for a difference.”"
    cross-reference
    levant and couchant  
    Equivalent
    unerect  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agir  bleus  brindle  candidat  coequal  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accumbent  couche  crawling  crouched  debased  
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