'Exercise' definitions:
Definition of 'exercise'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout]
noun
The act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise]
noun
Systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" [syn: exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation]
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" [syn: exercise, example]
noun
(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises"
verb
Put to use; "exert one's power or influence" [syn: exert, exercise]
verb
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law" [syn: practice, practise, exercise, do]
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" [syn: exercise, work, work out]
verb
Do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day" [syn: exercise, work out]
verb
Definition of 'Exercise'
From: GCIDE
- Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, n. [F. exercice, L. exercitium, from exercere, exercitum, to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive out of the inclosure; ex out + arcere to shut up, inclose. See Ark.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. --Jefferson. [1913 Webster]
- O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc. "Desire of knightly exercise." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- An exercise of the eyes and memory. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback; to exercise on a treadmill or in a gym. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- The wise for cure on exercise depend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty. [1913 Webster]
- Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- To draw him from his holy exercise. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. 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; arithmetic exercises. [1913 Webster]
- The clumsy exercises of the European tourney. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- He seems to have taken a degree, and performed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. --Brydges. [1913 Webster]
- 6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test. [1913 Webster]
- Patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Exercise bone (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exercise'
From: GCIDE
- Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exercised; p. pr. & vb. n. Exercising.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence. --Acts xxiv. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. --Jer. ix. 24. [1913 Webster]
- The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. --Ezek. xxii. 29. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exercise'
From: GCIDE
- Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exercise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- absolute music,
- absorb,
- absorb the attention,
- act,
- acting,
- action,
- active use,
- activism,
- activity,
- adaptation,
- aerobics,
- agency,
- aggravate,
- agitate,
- air varie,
- aleatory,
- aleatory music,
- annoy,
- appliance,
- application,
- apply,
- apprentice,
- apprenticeship,
- arrangement,
- arrest,
- assignment,
- athletics,
- baccalaureate service,
- badger,
- bait,
- basic training,
- be at,
- bedevil,
- behavior,
- beset,
- bestow,
- boning,
- bother,
- brainwork,
- break,
- break in,
- breaking,
- breather,
- breed,
- breeding,
- bring to bear,
- bring up,
- bristle,
- brown off,
- bug,
- bullyrag,
- burden,
- burn up,
- busywork,
- calisthenics,
- callisthenics,
- carry on,
- catch,
- celebration,
- ceremonial,
- ceremony,
- chafe,
- chalk talk,
- chamber music,
- chamber orchestra,
- chare,
- charge,
- charm,
- chivy,
- chore,
- commencement,
- commission,
- composition,
- concern,
- condition,
- conditioning,
- conduct,
- conning,
- constitutional,
- consumption,
- contemplation,
- convocation,
- cram,
- cramming,
- cultivate,
- cultivation,
- daily dozen,
- descant,
- develop,
- development,
- devil,
- direction,
- discharge,
- discipline,
- discompose,
- discourse,
- disquisition,
- distemper,
- distress,
- disturb,
- do,
- do with,
- dog,
- doing,
- drill,
- drilling,
- driving,
- duty,
- effect,
- electronic music,
- employ,
- employment,
- empty formality,
- enchant,
- engage,
- engage in,
- engage the attention,
- engage the mind,
- engage the thoughts,
- engross,
- engross the mind,
- engross the thoughts,
- engrossment,
- enthrall,
- errand,
- etude,
- exasperate,
- execute,
- execution,
- exercises,
- exercising,
- exert,
- exertion,
- exploit,
- exposition,
- extensive study,
- fascinate,
- fash,
- fetch up,
- fetching-up,
- fish to fry,
- fit,
- fix,
- follow,
- form,
- formal,
- formality,
- foster,
- fostering,
- fret,
- function,
- functioning,
- gall,
- get,
- go in for,
- good use,
- grab,
- graduation,
- graduation exercises,
- grind,
- grinding,
- grip,
- gripe,
- groom,
- grooming,
- gymnastic exercises,
- gymnastics,
- handle,
- handling,
- harangue,
- harass,
- hard usage,
- hard use,
- harmonization,
- harry,
- headwork,
- heckle,
- hector,
- hold,
- hold spellbound,
- hold the interest,
- homework,
- homily,
- hound,
- house-train,
- housebreak,
- housebreaking,
- hypnotize,
- ill use,
- immerse,
- improve,
- improvement,
- in-service training,
- inaugural,
- inauguration,
- incidental music,
- initiation,
- inspection,
- instruction,
- instrumental music,
- invention,
- involve,
- involve the interest,
- irk,
- irritate,
- isometrics,
- job,
- job of work,
- labor,
- lecture,
- lecture-demonstration,
- lesson,
- lick into shape,
- limber up,
- liturgy,
- lucubration,
- make use of,
- make-work,
- manage,
- management,
- manipulate,
- manipulation,
- manual training,
- matters in hand,
- mental labor,
- mesmerize,
- miff,
- military training,
- mission,
- misuse,
- molest,
- monopolize,
- moral,
- moral lesson,
- morality,
- moralization,
- movement,
- movements,
- mummery,
- Nachtmusik,
- nag,
- needle,
- nettle,
- nocturne,
- nudzh,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- nurturing,
- object lesson,
- observance,
- obsess,
- occupation,
- occupy,
- occupy the attention,
- odd job,
- office,
- on-the-job training,
- operancy,
- operate,
- operation,
- operations,
- opus,
- orchestration,
- peeve,
- performance,
- performing,
- persecute,
- perturb,
- perusal,
- pester,
- physical education,
- physical jerks,
- pick on,
- piece,
- piece of work,
- pique,
- plague,
- play,
- pluck the beard,
- ply,
- pother,
- practice,
- praxis,
- preachment,
- preoccupy,
- preparation,
- prepare,
- production,
- program music,
- project,
- prosecute,
- provoke,
- pursue,
- put forth,
- put in tune,
- put into practice,
- put out,
- put to school,
- put to use,
- raise,
- raising,
- reading,
- ready,
- readying,
- rear,
- rearing,
- recital,
- recitation,
- rehearsal,
- rehearse,
- religious ceremony,
- responsibility,
- restudy,
- restudying,
- review,
- ricercar,
- ride,
- rile,
- rite,
- rite de passage,
- rite of passage,
- ritual,
- roil,
- rough usage,
- ruffle,
- running,
- score,
- send to school,
- sermon,
- service,
- set,
- set task,
- setting-up exercises,
- skull session,
- sloyd,
- solemnity,
- solemnization,
- sonata,
- sonatina,
- specialize in,
- spellbind,
- steering,
- stint,
- stretch,
- string orchestra,
- string quartet,
- study,
- studying,
- subject,
- swing,
- swotting,
- tackle,
- take in hand,
- take on,
- take to,
- take up,
- talk,
- task,
- teaching,
- tease,
- theme and variations,
- things to do,
- throw,
- torment,
- train,
- training,
- trio,
- trouble,
- try,
- try the patience,
- tweak the nose,
- undertake,
- upbringing,
- usage,
- use,
- using up,
- utilization,
- utilize,
- variation,
- vex,
- vocational education,
- vocational training,
- wage,
- warm up,
- warm-up,
- wide reading,
- wield,
- work,
- work at,
- work out,
- working,
- working-out,
- workings,
- workout,
- worry,
- wrong use,
- yoga
Words containing 'Exercise'
- Exercised,
- Exercisible,
- Exercising,
- exercisable,
- exerciser,
- Exercise bone,
- Manual exercise,
- aerobic exercise,
- anaerobic exercise,
- arm exercise,
- back exercise,
- cardiopulmonary exercise,
- commencement exercise,
- exercise bike,
- exercise bodily,
- exercise device,
- exercise set,
- exercising weight,
- graduation exercise,
- gymnastic exercise,
- isometric exercise,
- isotonic exercise,
- kegel exercises,
- leg exercise,
- neck exercise,
- physical exercise,
- pubococcygeus exercises,
- stomach exercise,
- Setting-up exercise