| 1. | a weightlifting exercise in which one lies supine on a bench and with both hands pushes a barbell or fixed weight upward from chest level to arm's length and then lowers it back to chest level: usually repeated in sets. |
| 2. | one complete repetition of this exercise. |
| 3. | this exercise as an event in weightlifting competition. |
[bench-pres] 
| to perform a bench press with (a weight): He is small but can bench-press more than 400 pounds. |
| bench press n. A lift in weightlifting that is executed from a horizontal position on a bench, in which the weight is lifted from the chest to arm's length and then lowered back to the chest. |