BENCH: значение слова

I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English benc; akin to Old High German bank bench Date: before 12th century

1. a long seat for two or more persons, a thwart in a boat, c. a seat on which the members of an athletic team await a turn or opportunity to play, the reserve players on a team,

2. the seat where a judge sits in court, the place where justice is administered ; court , the office or dignity of a judge , the persons who sit as judges,

3. the office or dignity of an official, a seat for an official, the officials occupying a bench,

4. a long worktable, a table forming part of a machine, terrace , shelf : as, a former wave-cut shore of a sea or lake or floodplain of a river, a shelf or ridge formed in working an open excavation on more than one level, a compartmented platform on which dogs or cats are kept at a show when not being judged,

II. verb
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to furnish with benches,

2. to seat on a bench, b. to remove from or keep out of a game, to remove from the starting lineup, to exhibit (dogs or cats) to the public on a bench, to lift (a weight) in a bench press , intransitive verb to form a bench by natural processes

bench jockey
noun
Date: 1939
benchwarmer

bench mark
noun see: benchmark

bench press
noun
Date: circa 1965
a lift or exercise in which a weight is raised by extending the arms upward while lying on a bench, bench-press transitive verb

bench seat
noun
Date: 1952
a seat in an automotive vehicle that extends the full width of the passenger section

bench warrant
noun
Date: 1696
a warrant issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of contempt or indicted for a crime