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 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