Main Entry: ²bench

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 : to furnish with benches
2 a : to seat on a bench b (1) : to remove from or keep out of a game; broadly : to remove from use or from a position (2) : to remove from the starting lineup
3 : to exhibit (dogs or cats) to the public on a bench
4 : to lift (a weight) in a bench press <bench 200 pounds>intransitive verb : to form a bench by natural processes