Bench : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bench	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Bench
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bench n a long seat for more than one person a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) Synonym(s): terrace, bench persons who administer justice Synonym(s): judiciary, bench a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic Synonym(s): workbench, work bench, bench the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench" (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom v take out of a game; of players exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bench \Bench\, v. i. To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc; akin to Sw. b[84]nk, Dan b[91]nk, Icel. bekkr, OS., D., & G. bank. Cf. {Bank}, {Beach}.] 1. A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench. 3. The seat where judges sit in court. To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak. 4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See {King's Bench}. 5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms. 6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river. {Bench mark} (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. {Bench of bishops}, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council. {Bench plane}, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes. {Bench show}, an exhibition of dogs. {Bench table} (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benching}.] 1. To furnish with benches. 'T was benched with turf. --Dryden. Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson. 2. To place on a bench or seat of honor. Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship. --Shak.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bench deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid with box-wood.