bench

bench
bench [bench]
n.
[ME < OE benc: see BANK2]
1. a long, hard seat for several persons, with or without a back
2. a seat between the two sides of a boat
3. the place where judges sit in a court
4. [sometimes B-]
a) the status or office of a judge
b) judges collectively
c) a law court
5.
a) an official's seat or his office, status, etc.
b) the officials in this office
☆ 6.
a) a seat on which the players on a sports team sit when not participating in the action
b) auxiliary players collectively
7. a stand upon which dogs, or cats, are exhibited and judged at a show
8. a strong table on which work with tools is done, often one that is part of a machine; worktable
9. a terrace along the bank of a body of water, often marking a former shoreline
10. a shelflike layer of rock formed by erosion, mining, etc.
11. a low, usually padded platform used in weight lifting
vt.
1. to provide with benches
2. to place on a bench, esp. an official one
3. to exhibit at a dog, or cat, show
☆ 4. Sports to take or keep (a player) out of a game
——————
on the bench
1. presiding in a law court; serving as a judge
☆ 2. Sports not taking part in the game, as an auxiliary player

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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