"warm the bench" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "warms the bench",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warming the bench",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warmed the bench",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warmed the bench",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "warm the bench (third-person singular simple present warms the bench, present participle warming the bench, simple past and past participle warmed the bench)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I spent the whole game warming the bench – I didn't get to play at all.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute."
      ],
      "id": "en-warm_the_bench-en-verb-xlNqEIq8",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ],
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, colloquial) To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bench-warmer"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ride the bench"
        },
        {
          "word": "ride the pine"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "cirer le banc"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "warm the bench"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "warms the bench",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warming the bench",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warmed the bench",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warmed the bench",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "warm the bench (third-person singular simple present warms the bench, present participle warming the bench, simple past and past participle warmed the bench)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bench-warmer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I spent the whole game warming the bench – I didn't get to play at all.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ],
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, colloquial) To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ride the bench"
    },
    {
      "word": "ride the pine"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "cirer le banc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "warm the bench"
}