Bench Definition
bĕnch
benched, benches, benching
noun
benches
A long seat, often without a back, for two or more persons.
American Heritage
A long seat for several persons, with or without a back and often made of wood or stone.
Webster's New World
A thwart in a boat.
American Heritage
A seat between the two sides of a boat.
Webster's New World
The seat for judges in a courtroom.
American Heritage
verb
benched, benches, benching
To provide with benches.
Webster's New World
To seat on a bench.
American Heritage
To place on a bench, esp. an official one.
Webster's New World
To show (dogs) in a bench show.
American Heritage
To exhibit at a dog, or cat, show.
Webster's New World
idiom
on the bench
- presiding in a law court; serving as a judge
- not taking part in the game, as an auxiliary player
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bench
Origin of Bench
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From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ, benc (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Related to bank.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English benc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From bench press by shortening.
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See bentsh.
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