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SOFA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An upholstered seat for more than one person
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sofa" is a kind of...):
seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sofa"):
convertible; sofa bed (a sofa that can be converted into a bed)
daybed; divan bed (an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night)
divan (a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall))
love seat; loveseat; tete-a-tete; vis-a-vis (small sofa that seats two people)
settee (a small sofa)
squab (a soft padded sofa)
Context examples:
Bring him into the sitting-room. There is a comfortable sofa. This way, please!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr. Hurst had therefore nothing to do, but to stretch himself on one of the sofas and go to sleep.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
It's similar to how a sofa cushion decompresses when you remove your weight from it.
(Antarctica's Effect on Sea Level Rise in Coming Centuries, NASA)
But a day spent in sitting shivering over the fire with a book in her hand, which she was unable to read, or in lying, weary and languid, on a sofa, did not speak much in favour of her amendment; and when, at last, she went early to bed, more and more indisposed, Colonel Brandon was only astonished at her sister's composure, who, though attending and nursing her the whole day, against Marianne's inclination, and forcing proper medicines on her at night, trusted, like Marianne, to the certainty and efficacy of sleep, and felt no real alarm.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It is to be hoped he will not take cold with sleeping on the library sofa, &c.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The fourth was only a young girl, and the drug had evidently affected her more strongly, so I lifted her on the sofa and let her sleep.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Another bang of the street door sent the basket under the sofa, and the girls to the table, eager for breakfast.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The Colonel’s body was then placed upon the sofa, and a careful examination made of the scene of the tragedy.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Let me draw the sofa here, or the easy-chair, aunt,” said I. “Why should you be so uncomfortable?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The fact is, Watson, that this gentleman upon the sofa was a bit too good for our people.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
