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Exercise

noun

1.

The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit. Synonyms: exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout. "He did some exercising" , "The physical exertion required by his work kept him fit"

2.

The act of using. Synonyms: employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization. "Skilled in the utilization of computers"

3.

Systematic training by multiple repetitions. Synonyms: drill, practice, practice session, recitation.

4.

A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding. Synonym: example.

5.

(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches.

verb

(past & past part. exercised; pres. part. exercising)

1.

Put to use. Synonym: exert.

2.

Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions. Synonyms: do, practice, practise.

3.

Give a workout to. Synonyms: work, work out. "My personal trainer works me hard" , "Work one's muscles" , "This puzzle will exercise your mind"

4.

Do physical exercise. Synonym: work out.

5.

Learn by repetition. Synonyms: drill, practice, practise. "Pianists practice scales"

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"Exercise" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the conclusion, miss, that I were hurt considerable. Coorosity on my part were quenched by the way as I had to rub myself. But a man is a man, and the last thing to complain of is the exercise of his functions. And when I come round I went off to his lordship, as if I had heared his bell ring. All of us knew better than to speak till him beginning, for he were not what they now call 'halfable,' but very much to the contrary. ...

— Erema - My Father's Sin • R. D. Blackmore

... long and lively talk on all sorts of matters, Jim adroitly turned the conversation on to the subject of athletics by appealing to his uncle to add his voice to that of Reader's other friends in rebuking him for never taking any exercise. ...

— The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch • Talbot Baines Reed

... yet they arrived in London in perfect health, and lived in the Zoological Gardens for one, and two years, often displaying their beautiful plumes to the admiration of the spectators. It is evident, therefore, that the Paradise Birds are very hardy, and require air and exercise rather than heat; and I feel sure that if a good sized conservators' could be devoted to them, or if they could be turned loose in the tropical department of the Crystal Palace or the Great Palm House at Kew, they would live in this country ...

— The Malay Archipelago - Volume II. (of II.) • Alfred Russel Wallace

... thought regretfully of money thrown away in times past. There are few things more edifying unto Art than the actual belly-pinch of hunger, and Dick in his few walks abroad,—he did not care for exercise; it raised desires that could not be satisfied—found himself dividing mankind into two classes,—those who looked as if they might give him something to eat, and those who looked otherwise. 'I never knew what I had to learn about the human face before,' he thought; and, as a reward for his humility, ...

— The Light That Failed • Rudyard Kipling

... early age Lincoln's interest was aroused in public speaking and he soon began to exercise himself in this direction and to attend meetings addressed by those skilled in the art of oratory. Many stories are told of his local reputation as a speaker and story-teller even before he moved to Illinois, ...

— Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) • Abraham Lincoln

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