bench
- Noun. A long seat, for example, in the park.
- Noun. (legal) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
- Noun. (context, legal) The place where the judges sit.
- Noun. (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- Noun. (context, sports) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
- Noun. A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- Noun. (weightlifting) A horizontal padded surface, usually with a weight rack, used for support during exercise.
- Noun. (context, surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.http://www.etymologie.info/~e/u_/us-manage.html#Benchmark Description of bench, as part of the ''[[benchmark'' etymology].
- Noun. A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- Noun. (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- Noun. (rfv-sense) The unincorporated areas just outside a city's boundaries.
- Verb. (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
- Verb. (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- Verb. (slang) To push the victim back on the person behind them who is on their hands and knees and end up falling over.
- Verb. (transitive, weightlifting) To lift by bench pressing.
- Noun. (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- Verb. (alternative spelling of, bentsh) .
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.