bench
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ, benc (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Related to bank.
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Noun[edit]
bench (plural benches)
- A long seat, for example, in the park.
- They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.
- (law) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
- They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.
- (law, figuratively) The place where the judges sit.
- She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
- (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- He spent the first three games on the bench, watching.
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2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC[1]:
- But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
- (sports, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
- Injuries have shortened the bench.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.
- (weightlifting) A horizontal padded surface, usually with a weight rack, used for support during exercise.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
- I had no bench or power rack, so by necessity every exercise I did started with the weights on the floor.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
- (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.[1]
- After removing the bench, we can use the mark left on the wall as a reference point.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
- That number carried his glance to the top of this first bulging bench of cliff-base.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
- (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
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Verb[edit]
bench (third-person singular simple present benches, present participle benching, simple past and past participle benched)
- (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
- They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
- (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- (slang) To push the victim back on the person behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
- (transitive) To furnish with benches.
- Dryden
- 'Twas benched with turf.
- Tennyson
- stately theaters benched crescentwise
- Dryden
- (transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- Shakespeare
- whom I […] have benched and reared to worship
- Shakespeare
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- (sports): sideline
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Etymology 2[edit]
From bench press by shortening.
Verb[edit]
bench (third-person singular simple present benches, present participle benching, simple past and past participle benched)
- (transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
- I heard he can bench 150 pounds.
- 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", Ironman 47 (6): 21.
- For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.
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Noun[edit]
bench (plural benches)
- (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- He became frustrated when his bench increased by only 10 pounds despite a month of training.
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Etymology 3[edit]
See bentsh.
Verb[edit]
bench (third-person singular simple present benches, present participle benching, simple past and past participle benched)
- Alternative spelling of bentsh
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- ^ Description of bench, as part of the benchmark etymology
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