Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bench \Bench\, v. i.
   To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak.

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.

Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
   akin to Sw. b["a]nk, Dan b[ae]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.

Source : WordNet®

bench
     n 1: a long seat for more than one person
     2: the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"
     3: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep
        slopes above and below) [syn: {terrace}]
     4: persons who administer justice [syn: {judiciary}]
     5: a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: {workbench},
         {work bench}]
     6: the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in
        judicial capacity to compose the court collectively

bench
     v 1: take out of a game; of players
     2: exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"