Explore Couchant through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Couchant in a sentence
Couchant meaning
- Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
- Represented as crouching with the head raised.
Synonyms of Couchant
Using Couchant
- The main meaning on this page is: Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. | Represented as crouching with the head raised.
- Useful related words include: unerect.
Context around Couchant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Couchant
- In this selection, "couchant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little and lions stand out and add context to how "couchant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of a couchant little dog and resting on couchant lions as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "couchant" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with couchant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is very much the case in Italy, where they are usually only one bay deep and are supported on two columns, often resting on couchant lions, as at St Zeno, Verona. (32 words)
The marble sarcophagus with a sculpture of a “couchant little dog” on its lid was found in the National Gardens in central Athens in the winter of 1937 and transferred to the museum. (33 words)
The marble sarcophagus with a sculpture of a “couchant little dog” on its lid was found in the National Gardens in central Athens in the winter of 1937 and transferred to the museum. (33 words)
This is very much the case in Italy, where they are usually only one bay deep and are supported on two columns, often resting on couchant lions, as at St Zeno, Verona. (32 words)
Example sentences (2)
The marble sarcophagus with a sculpture of a “couchant little dog” on its lid was found in the National Gardens in central Athens in the winter of 1937 and transferred to the museum.
This is very much the case in Italy, where they are usually only one bay deep and are supported on two columns, often resting on couchant lions, as at St Zeno, Verona.