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bench press
a weight-lifting exercise, performed while one is lying on a bench with the feet on the floor, in which a barbell is pushed upward from the chest until the arms are fully extended
Origin: see press,
Related Forms:
- bench-press transitive verb
See bench press in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A lift in weightlifting that is executed from a horizontal position on a bench, in which the weight is lifted from the chest to arm's length and then lowered back to the chest.
transitive verb bench-pressed, bench-press·ing, bench-press·es
Sports
To lift (barbells, for example) from a horizontal position on a bench.
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