'Exploit' definitions:

Definition of 'exploit'

(from WordNet)
noun
A notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" [syn: feat, effort, exploit]
verb
Use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" [syn: exploit, work]
verb
Draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" [syn: exploit, tap]
verb
Work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" [syn: overwork, exploit]

Definition of 'Exploit'

From: GCIDE
  • Exploit \Ex*ploit"\, n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Explicit, Explicate.]
  • 1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. [1913 Webster]
  • Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Combat; war. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He made haste to exploit some warlike service. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [F. exploiter.] To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent] [1913 Webster]
  • In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employ['e]s or make his capital "out of" anybody else. --W. G. Sumner. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'exploit'

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Words containing 'Exploit'