exercise
noun
1 exercise
The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit:
— The doctor recommended regular exercise.
synonyms: exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout.
Roget 686:
exertion,
effort,
strain,
tug,
pull,
stress,
throw,
stretch,
struggle,
spell,
spurt,
spirt†;
stroke of work,
stitch of work.
a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;"
dead lift;
heft;
gymnastics;
exercise,
exercitation†;
wear and tear;
ado;
toil and trouble;
uphill work,
hard work,
warm work;
harvest time.
labor,
work,
toil,
travail,
manual labor,
sweat of one's brow,
swink†,
drudgery,
slavery,
fagging†,
hammering;
limae labor [Lat.];
industry,
industriousness,
operoseness†,
operosity†.
trouble,
pains,
duty;
resolution
etc.
604;
energy
etc.
(physical)
171.
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Roget 680:
action,
performance;
doing,
etc.
v.;
perpetration;
exercise,
excitation;
movement,
operation,
evolution,
work;
labor
etc.
(exertion)
686;
praxis,
execution;
procedure
etc.
(conduct)
692;
handicraft;
business
etc.
625;
agency
etc.
(power at work)
170.
deed,
act,
overt act,
stitch,
touch,
gest transaction†,
job,
doings,
dealings,
proceeding,
measure,
step,
maneuver,
bout,
passage,
move,
stroke,
blow;
coup,
coup de main,
coup d'etat [Fr.];
tour de force
etc.
(display)
882;
feat,
exploit;
achievement
etc.
(completion)
729;
handiwork,
workmanship;
manufacture;
stroke of policy
etc.
(plan)
626.
actor
etc.
(doer)
690.
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Roget 170:
agency,
operation,
force,
working,
strain,
function,
office,
maintenance,
exercise,
work,
swing,
play;
interworking†,
interaction;
procurement.
causation
etc.
153;
instrumentality
etc.
631;
influence
etc.
175;
action
etc.
(voluntary)
680;
modus operandi
etc.
627.
quickening power,
maintaining power,
sustaining power;
home stroke.
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Dutch: work out, oefening
2 exercise
The act of using.
synonyms: employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization.
Roget 625:
business,
occupation,
employment;
pursuit
etc.
622;
what one is doing,
what one is about;
affair,
concern,
matter,
case.
matter in hand,
irons in the fire;
thing to do,
agendum,
task,
work,
job,
chore [U.S.],
errand,
commission,
mission,
charge,
care;
duty
etc.
926.
part,
role,
cue;
province,
function,
lookout,
department,
capacity,
sphere,
orb,
field,
line;
walk,
walk of life;
beat,
round,
routine;
race,
career.
office,
place,
post,
chargeship†,
incumbency,
living;
situation,
berth,
employ;
service
etc.
(servitude)
749;
engagement;
undertaking
etc.
676.
vocation,
calling,
profession,
cloth,
faculty;
industry,
art;
industrial arts;
craft,
mystery,
handicraft;
trade
etc.
(commerce)
794.
exercise;
work
etc.
(action)
680;
avocation;
press of business
etc.
(activity)
682.
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Roget 677:
use;
employ,
employment;
exercise,
exercitation†;
application,
appliance;
adhibition†,
disposal;
consumption;
agency
etc.
(physical)
170;
usufruct;
usefulness
etc.
644;
benefit;
recourse,
resort,
avail.
[Conversion to use]
utilization,
service,
wear.
[Way of using]
usage.
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Dutch: benutting, nut, gebruik
Polish: korzystanie, wykorzystywanie, stosowanie, używanie, posługiwanie się
3 exercise
Systematic training by multiple repetitions.
synonyms: drill, practice, practice session, recitation.
Roget 537:
teaching
etc.
v.;
instruction;
edification;
education;
tuition;
tutorage,
tutelage;
direction,
guidance;
opsimathy†.
qualification,
preparation;
training,
schooling
etc.
v.;
discipline;
excitation.
drill,
practice;
book exercise.
persuasion,
proselytism,
propagandism†,
propaganda;
indoctrination,
inculcation,
inoculation;
advise
etc.
695.
explanation
etc.
(interpretation)
522;
lesson,
lecture,
sermon;
apologue†,
parable;
discourse,
prolection†,
preachment;
chalk talk;
Chautauqua [U.S.].
exercise,
task;
curriculum;
course,
course of study;
grammar,
three R's,
initiation,
A. B.C.,
etc.
(beginning)
66.
elementary education,
primary education,
secondary education,
technical education,
college education,
collegiate education,
military education,
university education,
liberal education,
classical education,
religious education,
denominational education,
moral education,
secular education;
propaedeutics†,
moral tuition.
gymnastics,
calisthenics;
physical drill,
physical education;
sloyd†.
[methods of teaching]
phonics;
rote,
rote memorization,
brute memory;
cooperative learning;
Montessori method,
ungraded classes.
[measuring degree of learning of pupils]
test,
examination,
exam;
final exam,
mid-term exam grade
[result of measurement of learning],
score,
marks;
A,B,C,D,E,F;
gentleman's C;
pass,
fail,
incomplete.
homework;
take-home lesson;
exercise for the student;
theme,
project.
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Dutch: oefening
Polish: ćwiczenie
4 exercise
A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding.
synonym: example.
Dutch: oefenen, exercitie, oefening, opdracht, opgaaf, opgave, vraag
Polish: poćwiczenie
5 exercise
usually plural A ceremony that involves processions and speeches.
6 exercise
An action, often used negatively and without consequences.
verb
1 exercise
Put to use.
synonym: exert.
Roget 677:
use,
make use of,
employ,
put to use;
put in action,
put in operation,
put in practice;
set in motion,
set to work.
ply,
work,
wield,
handle,
manipulate;
play,
play off;
exert,
exercise,
practice,
avail oneself of,
profit by,
resort to,
have recourse to,
recur to,
take betake oneself to;
take up with,
take advantage of;
lay one's hands on,
try.
render useful
etc.
644;
mold;
turn to account,
turn to use;
convert to use,
utilize;
work up;
call into play,
bring into play;
put into requisition;
call forth,
draw forth;
press into service,
enlist into the service;
bring to bear upon,
devote,
dedicate,
consecrate,
apply,
adhibit†,
dispose of;
make a handle of,
make a cat's-paw of.
fall back upon,
make a shift with;
make the most of,
make the best of.
use up,
swallow up;
consume,
absorb,
expend;
tax,
task,
wear,
put to task.
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Dutch: inspannen, oefenen, uitoefenen
2 exercise
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions.
synonyms: do, practice, practise.
Roget 680:
do,
perform,
execute;
achieve
etc.
(complete)
729;
transact,
enact;
commit,
perpetrate,
inflict;
exercise,
prosecute,
carry on,
work,
practice,
play.
employ oneself,
ply one's task;
officiate,
have in hand
etc.
(business)
625;
labor
etc.
686;
be at work;
pursue a course;
shape one's course
etc.
(conduct)
692.
act,
operate;
take action,
take steps;
strike a blow,
lift a finger,
stretch forth one's hand;
take in hand
etc.
(undertake)
676;
put oneself in motion;
put in practice;
carry into execution
etc.
(complete)
729;
act upon.
be an actor
etc.
690;
take a part in,
act a part in,
play a part in,
perform a part in;
participate in;
have a hand in,
have a finger in the pie;
have to do with;
be a party to,
be a participator in;
bear a hand,
lend a hand;
pull an oar,
run in a race;
mix oneself up with
etc.
(meddle)
682.
be in action;
come into operation
etc.
(power at work)
170.
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Dutch: beoefenen
3 exercise
Give a workout to:
— Some parents exercise their infants.
— This puzzle will exercise your mind.
synonyms: work, work out.
4 exercise
Do physical exercise.
synonym: work out.
Dutch: trainen
Polish: ćwiczenie
5 exercise
Learn by repetition.
synonyms: drill, practice, practise.
Roget 537:
teach,
instruct,
educate,
edify,
school,
tutor;
cram,
prime,
coach;
enlighten
etc.
(inform)
527.
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
inoculate,
infuse,
instill,
infix,
ingraft†,
infiltrate;
imbue,
impregnate,
implant;
graft,
sow the seeds of,
disseminate.
given an idea of;
put up to,
put in the way of;
set right.
sharpen the wits,
enlarge the mind;
give new ideas,
open the eyes,
bring forward,
teach the young idea how to shoot"
[Thomson];
improve
etc.
658.
expound
etc.
(interpret)
522;
lecture;
read a lesson,
give a lesson,
give a lecture,
give a sermon,
give a discourse;
incept†;
hold forth,
preach;
sermonize,
moralize;
point a moral.
train,
discipline;
bring up,
bring up to;
form,
ground,
prepare,
qualify;
drill,
exercise,
practice,
habituate,
familiarize with,
nurture,
drynurse†,
breed,
rear,
take in hand;
break,
break in;
tame;
preinstruct†;
initiate;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613.
put to nurse,
send to school.
direct,
guide;
direct attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
impress upon the mind,
impress upon the memory;
beat into,
beat into the head;
convince
etc.
(belief)
484.
[instructional materials]
book,
workbook,
exercise book.
[unnecessary teaching]
preach to the wise,
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs,
teach granny to suck eggs;
preach to the converted.
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Dutch: instuderen
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