Bench vs Retire - What's the difference?
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A long seat, for example, in the park.
(legal) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
(legal, figuratively) The place where the judges sit.
(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
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(sports, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
(weightlifting) A horizontal padded surface, usually with a weight rack, used for support during exercise.
* 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii
(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
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(geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
(UK, Australia, NZ) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
(sports) To remove a player from play.
(figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
(slang) To push the victim back on the person behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
To furnish with benches.
* Dryden
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To place on a bench or seat of honour.
* Shakespeare
(transitive, and, intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
* 1988 , Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", '' ''47 (6): 21.
(weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
(rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
(dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
* Sir Philip Sidney
* Sir J. Davies
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
(transitive, cricket, of a batsman) to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat
(transitive, baseball, of a fielder), to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put out
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business
To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
As verbs the difference between bench and retire
is that bench is (sports) to remove a player from play or bench can be (transitive|and|intransitive|colloquial) to lift by bench pressing or bench can be while retire is .As a noun bench
is a long seat, for example, in the park or bench can be (weightlifting) the weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.bench
English
(wikipedia bench)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bench, benk, bynk, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (dialectal)Noun
(es)- They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.
- They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench .
- She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
- He spent the first three games on the bench , watching.
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- Injuries have shortened the bench .
- She placed the workpiece on the bench , inspected it closely, and opened the cover.
- I had no bench or power rack, so by necessity every exercise I did started with the weights on the floor.
Description of bench, as part of the benchmark etymology
- After removing the bench , we can use the mark left on the wall as a reference point.
- That number carried his glance to the top of this first bulging bench of cliff-base.
Derived terms
* benchmark * bench plane * bench trial * bench warrant * bench-warmer * deacon's benchVerb
(es)- They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
- 'Twas benched with turf.
- stately theaters benched crescentwise
- whom I have benched and reared to worship
Synonyms
* (sports)Etymology 2
From bench press by shortening.Verb
(es)- I heard he can bench 150 pounds.
- For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.
Noun
(benches)- He became frustrated when his bench increased by only 10 pounds despite a month of training.
Etymology 3
See (bentsh).Verb
(es)References
retire
English
Noun
(en noun)- At the retire , the cavalry fell back.
Verb
- He retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
- As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.
- The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
- The board retired the old major.
- Jones retired in favour of Smith.
- Jones retired Smith 6-3.
- I will retire to the study.''
- The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
- Having made a large fortune, he retired .
- He wants to retire at 55.
- Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
- I will retire for the night.