'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- accomplished fact,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- act,
- acta,
- action,
- adventure,
- apply,
- aristeia,
- attainment,
- beguile,
- benefit from,
- bestow,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- blow,
- bold stroke,
- capitalize on,
- cash in on,
- clip,
- coup,
- cultivate,
- dealings,
- deed,
- do,
- doing,
- doings,
- drain,
- effort,
- employ,
- emprise,
- endeavor,
- enterprise,
- exercise,
- fait accompli,
- feat,
- finesse,
- fleece,
- gest,
- go,
- gouge,
- hand,
- handiwork,
- handle,
- heroic act,
- hold up,
- ill-use,
- impose,
- impose upon,
- improve,
- improve the occasion,
- job,
- jockey,
- make capital of,
- make hay,
- make use of,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- measure,
- milk,
- misuse,
- move,
- operation,
- overcharge,
- overprice,
- overt act,
- overtax,
- passage,
- performance,
- play,
- play on,
- presume upon,
- proceeding,
- production,
- profit by,
- profiteer,
- put to advantage,
- res gestae,
- screw,
- skin,
- soak,
- step,
- stick,
- sting,
- stroke,
- stunt,
- suck dry,
- surcharge,
- swindle,
- take advantage of,
- thing,
- thing done,
- tour de force,
- trade on,
- transaction,
- turn,
- turn to account,
- turn to profit,
- turn to use,
- undertaking,
- use,
- use ill,
- use to advantage,
- utilize,
- venture,
- victimize,
- work,
- work on,
- work upon,
- works