Exercise

['eksəsaɪz] or ['ɛksɚsaɪz]

Definition

(noun.) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; 'the doctor recommended regular exercise'; 'he did some exercising'; 'the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit'.

(noun.) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; 'you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook'.

(noun.) systematic training by multiple repetitions; 'practice makes perfect'.

(noun.) (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; 'academic exercises'.

(verb.) do physical exercise; 'She works out in the gym every day'.

(verb.) give a workout to; 'Some parents exercise their infants'; 'My personal trainer works me hard'; 'work one's muscles'; 'this puzzle will exercise your mind'.

Checked by Hugo--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.

(n.) Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.

(n.) Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback.

(n.) The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.

(n.) That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition.

(n.) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

(v. t.) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.

(v. t.) To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.

(v. t.) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.

(v. t.) To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.

(v. i.) To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.

Checker: McDonald

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Practice, use, appliance, application, performance, operation, employment.[2]. Exertion, labor, work, toil, effort.[3]. Training, schooling, discipline, drill, drilling.[4]. Lesson, task.

v. a. [1]. Exert (constantly), employ, busy, apply, use, put in action, set to work.[2]. Discipline, train, drill, break in, habituate to practice.[3]. Practise, pursue, carry on.[4]. Task, try, afflict, pain, make uneasy.

v. n. Labor, work, make exertion, take exercise.

Typed by Bush

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Exertion, use, practice, application, training, employment, drill

ANT:Rest, ease, relaxation, recreation

SYN:Practise, train, cultivate, develop

ANT:Rest, ease, disuse, respite, relax, recreate

Editor: Roxanne

Definition

n. a putting in practice: exertion of the body for health or amusement: discipline: a lesson task academical disputation &c.: (Shak.) skill: (pl.) military drill: an act of worship or devotion: a discourse the discussion of a passage of Scripture giving the coherence of text and context &c.—the addition giving the doctrinal propositions &c.: the Presbytery itself.—v.t. to train by use: to improve by practice: to afflict: to put in practice: to use: to wield.—adj. Ex′ercisable.

Edited by Katy

Unserious Contents or Definition

Bodily exertion requiring a 10,000 gymnasium, a ten-acre lot and impossible raiment. Originally confined to the wash-tub and the wood-pile.

Checked by Estes

Examples

Edited by Bessie

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