exercise | |
1. n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. | |
The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay. | |
2. n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness. | |
3. n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use. | |
4. n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty. | |
5. n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test. | |
6. v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop. | |
to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle | |
7. v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training. | |
I exercise at the gym every day. | |
8. v. To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice. | |
The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy. | |
She is going to exercise her right to vote. | |
9. v. (now often, in passive) 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. | |
exercised with pain | |
10. v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to. | |