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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long seat for more than one person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bench" is a kind of...):
seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bench"):
banquette (an upholstered bench)
flat bench (a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises)
park bench (a bench in a public park)
penalty box ((ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties)
church bench; pew (long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation)
prie-dieu (low bench for kneeling on)
settee; settle (a long wooden bench with a back)
window seat (a bench or similar seat built into a window recess)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bench" is a kind of...):
seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Holonyms ("bench" is a part of...):
court; courtroom (a room in which a lawcourt sits)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
Synonyms:
bench; work bench; workbench
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bench" is a kind of...):
work table; worktable (a table designed for a particular task)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bench"):
lab bench; laboratory bench (a workbench in a laboratory)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Persons who administer justice
Synonyms:
bench; judiciary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("bench" is a kind of...):
administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)
Holonyms ("bench" is a member of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The reserve players on a team
Example:
our team has a strong bench
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("bench" is a kind of...):
subgroup (a distinct and often subordinate group within a group)
Meronyms (members of "bench"):
reserve; second-stringer; substitute (an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced)
Holonyms ("bench" is a part of...):
squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))
Derivation:
bench (take out of a game; of players)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Bench" is a kind of...):
assembly (a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose)
Holonyms ("Bench" is a part of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
Synonyms:
bench; terrace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("bench" is a kind of...):
plateau; tableland (a relatively flat highland)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibit on a bench
Example:
bench the poodles at the dog show
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "bench" is one way to...):
display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take out of a game; of players
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "bench" is one way to...):
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
bench (the reserve players on a team)
Context examples:
It should be the longest bench in the world, Sherry, answered the Prince, for a good many of his subjects will want seats on it.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We sat down on a bench within good view, and began to smoke cigars so as to attract as little attention as possible.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
And falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Yet he had a reputation for kindness and charity on the country-side, and was noted for the leniency of his sentences from the bench.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Just look at plastic playground toys, park benches, or lawn chairs, which can rapidly become sun-bleached."
(Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected, National Science Foundation)
I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I've seen him sit all day on a bench and never a bite pass his lips, and in the evening, when I invited him to dinner—restaurant two blocks away—have him say, 'Too much trouble, old man. Buy me a package of cigarettes instead.'
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Sit down on this bench, Watson, until a train for Chiselhurst arrives, and allow me to lay the evidence before you, imploring you in the first instance to dismiss from your mind the idea that anything which the maid or her mistress may have said must necessarily be true.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Helps speed scientific discovery and facilitates translational research by building many types of tools and resources that enable information to be shared along the continuum from the scientific bench to the clinical bedside and back.
(NCI Center for Bioinformatics, NCI Thesaurus)
The others returned, the room filled again, benches were reclaimed and repossessed, and another hour of pleasure or of penance was to be sat out, another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes, as real or affected taste for it prevailed.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
