Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bench
Participle: benched
Gerund: benching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bench |
| you | bench |
| he;she;it | benches |
| we | bench |
| you | bench |
| they | bench |
Perfect
| I | have benched |
| you | have benched |
| he;she;it | has benched |
| we | have benched |
| you | have benched |
| they | have benched |
Past
| I | benched |
| you | benched |
| he;she;it | benched |
| we | benched |
| you | benched |
| they | benched |
Pluperfect
| I | had benched |
| you | had benched |
| he;she;it | had benched |
| we | had benched |
| you | had benched |
| they | had benched |
Future
| I | will bench |
| you | will bench |
| he;she;it | will bench |
| we | will bench |
| you | will bench |
| they | will bench |
Future Perfect
| I | will have benched |
| you | will have benched |
| he;she;it | will have benched |
| we | will have benched |
| you | will have benched |
| they | will have benched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bench |
| you | bench |
| he;she;it | bench |
| we | bench |
| you | bench |
| they | bench |
Perfect
| I | have benched |
| you | have benched |
| he;she;it | have benched |
| we | have benched |
| you | have benched |
| they | have benched |
Imperfect
| I | benched |
| you | benched |
| he;she;it | benched |
| we | benched |
| you | benched |
| they | benched |
Pluperfect
| I | had benched |
| you | had benched |
| he;she;it | had benched |
| we | had benched |
| you | had benched |
| they | had benched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bench |
| you | would bench |
| he;she;it | would bench |
| we | would bench |
| you | would bench |
| they | would bench |
Perfect
| I | would have benched |
| you | would have benched |
| he;she;it | would have benched |
| we | would have benched |
| you | would have benched |
| they | would have benched |
Imperative
| you | bench |
| we | Let's bench |
| you | bench |
Verbs conjugated like 'bench'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bench'
beach,
belch,
bentch,
blench,
bunch,
hench,
sench,
wench,
bach,
batch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
benc "long seat," from P.Gmc.
*bankiz (cf. Da.
bænk, M.Du.
banc, O.H.G.
banch). Used for "office of a judge" since 1292. Sporting sense (in baseball, N.Amer. football, etc.) is from 1912; the verb meaning "to take out of the game" is from 1917. Hence, also,
bench-warmer (1892).
Benchmark "surveyor's point of reference" is from 1842; fig. sense is from 1884.
"The days for 'bench-warmers' with salaries are also past." ["New York Sporting News," Jan. 9, 1892]
2. From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-.
3. Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Doublet of banc, banco, and bank.
Sample Sentences
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They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
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OK, you are out! You’re benched! [2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by hockey coach (Tate Donovan):]
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'Twas benched with turf. [1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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stately theatres benched crescent-wise [1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 2”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]
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whom I […] have benched and reared to worship [c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]