bench

  1. Noun.  A long seat, for example, in the park.
  2. Noun.  (legal) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
  3. Noun.  (context, legal) The place where the judges sit.
  4. Noun.  (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
  5. Noun.  (context, sports) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
  6. Noun.  A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
  7. Noun.  (weightlifting) A horizontal padded surface, usually with a weight rack, used for support during exercise.
  8. 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].
  9. Noun.  A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
  10. Noun.  (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
  11. Noun.  (rfv-sense) The unincorporated areas just outside a city's boundaries.
  12. Verb.  (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
  13. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
  14. Verb.  (slang) To push the victim back on the person behind them who is on their hands and knees and end up falling over.
  15. Verb.  (transitive, weightlifting) To lift by bench pressing.
  16. Noun.  (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
  17. Verb.  (alternative spelling of, bentsh) .

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.