Dictionary Definition
exercise
Noun
1 the activity of exerting your muscles in
various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular
exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion
required by his work kept him fit" [syn: exercising, physical
exercise, physical
exertion, workout]
2 the act of using; "he warned against the use of
narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn:
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment]
3 systematic training by multiple repetitions;
"practice makes perfect" [syn: practice, drill, practice
session, recitation]
4 a task performed or problem solved in order to
develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the
end of each chapter in the textbook" [syn: example]
5 (usually plural) a ceremony that involves
processions and speeches; "academic exercises"
Verb
1 put to use; "exert one's power or influence"
[syn: exert]
3 give a work-out to; "Some parents exercise
their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's
muscles" [syn: work,
work
out]
4 do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym
every day" [syn: work out]
5 learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs
every day"; "Pianists practice scales" [syn: drill, practice, practise]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From exercitiumNoun
- Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay.
- Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
Translations
Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill
or ability
- Arabic: (tamrīn), (tadrīb)
- Bosnian: vježba, praksa
- Croatian: vježba, praksa
- Finnish: harjoitus, harjoittelu
- German: Übung
- Japanese: 練習 (renshū)
- Korean: 연습 (yeonseup)
- Latin: exercitatio, exercitium
- Persian: (tamrin), (mašq)
- Polish: ćwiczenie , zadanie
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: вежба, пракса
- Roman: vežba, praksa
- Cyrillic: вежба, пракса
- Swedish: övning, uppgift
- Urdu: (mašq)
- Vietnamese: bài tập
Physical activity intended to improve strength
and fitness
- Arabic: (tamrīn)
- Bosnian: vježba
- Croatian: vježba
- Finnish: kuntoilu, liikunta, treeni, harjoitus, harjoittelu
- German: Bewegung
- Hindi: वर्ज़िश (varaziš)
- Japanese: 運動 (undō); 体操 (taisō); 体育 (taiiku)
- Korean: 운동 (undong)
- Latin: exercitatio
- Persian: (varazeš)
- Polish: ćwiczenie
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: вежба
- Roman: vežba
- Cyrillic: вежба
- Swedish: träning
- Urdu: (varaziš)
- ttbc Indonesian: latihan
- ttbc Spanish: ejercicio
Verb
- To set into action or practicing.
- He was going to exercise the horses.
- To perform any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- To take action, enforce.
- The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy.
- She is going to exercise her right to vote.
- The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy.
Translations
to perform activities to develop skills
- Czech: cvičit
- Finnish: harjoitella, treenata
- Italian: esercitare
- Polish: ćwiczyć
- Swedish: öva, träna, praktisera
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Extensive Definition
- increasing chemicals in the brain that help cognition, such as dopamine, glutamate, norepinephrine, and serotonin
Categories of physical exercise
Sometimes the terms 'dynamic' and 'static' are
used. 'Dynamic' exercises such as steady running, tend to produce a
lowering of the diastolic blood pressure
during exercise, due to the improved blood flow. Conversely, static
exercise (such as weight-lifting) can cause the systolic pressure to rise
significantly.
Breathing
Active exhalation during physical exercise helps the body to increase its maximum lung capacity. This results in greater efficiency, since the heart has to do less work to oxygenate the muscles, and there is also increased muscular efficiency through greater blood flow. Consciously breathing deeply during aerobic exercise helps this development of the heart and lungs.See also
- Active Living
- Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT)
- Exercise physiology
- Exercise equipment
- Exercise hypertension
- Exercise-induced anaphylaxis
- Exercise induced nausea
- Kinesiology
- Exercise-induced asthma
- Exercise intensity
- Exercise intolerance
- Green exercise
- Hunter-gatherer fitness
- List of basic exercise topics
- Pilates
- Training Split
- Sports training
References
Sources
- Health, The Basics
exercise in Arabic: تمرينات رياضية
exercise in German: Training (Sport)
exercise in Esperanto: Korpekzercado
exercise in Spanish: Ejercicio físico
exercise in Galician: Exercicio físico
exercise in Japanese: フィジカルトレーニング
exercise in Portuguese: Exercício físico
exercise in Simple English: Exercise
exercise in Finnish: Kuntoilu
exercise in Swedish: Träning
exercise in Thai: การออกกำลังกาย
exercise in Yiddish: איבונגען
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Nachtmusik, abrade, absolute music, absorb, absorb the attention,
act, acting, action, active use, activism, activity, adaptation, aerobics, agency, aggravate, agitate, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music,
annoy, appliance, application, apply, apprentice, apprenticeship, arrangement, arrest, assignment, athletics, baccalaureate
service, badger, bait, basic training, be at,
bedevil, behavior, beset, bestow, boning, bother, brainwork, break, break in, breaking, breather, breed, breeding, bring to bear, bring
up, bristle, brown off,
bug, bullyrag, burden, burn up, busywork, calisthenics, callisthenics, carry on,
catch, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, chafe, chalk talk, chamber music,
chamber orchestra, chare,
charge, charm, chivy, chore, commencement, commission, composition, concern, condition, conditioning, conduct, conning, constitutional, consumption, contemplation, convocation, cram, cramming, cultivate, cultivation, daily dozen,
descant, develop, development, devil, direction, discharge, discipline, discompose, discourse, disquisition, distemper, distress, disturb, do, do with, dog, doing, drill, drilling, driving, duty, effect, electronic music,
employ, employment, empty formality,
enchant, engage, engage in, engage the
attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind,
engross the thoughts, engrossment, enthrall, errand, etude, exasperate, execute, execution, exercises, exercising, exert, exertion, exploit, exposition, extensive study,
fascinate, fash, fetch up, fetching-up, fish
to fry, fit, fix, follow, form, formal, formality, foster, fostering, fret, function, functioning, gall, get, go in for, good use, grab, graduation, graduation
exercises, grind, grinding, grip, gripe, groom, grooming, gymnastic exercises,
gymnastics, handle, handling, harangue, harass, hard usage, hard use,
harmonization,
harry, headwork, heckle, hector, hold, hold spellbound, hold the
interest, homework,
homily, hound, house-train, housebreak, housebreaking, hypnotize, ill use, immerse, improve, improvement, in-service
training, inaugural,
inauguration,
incidental music, initiation, inspection, instruction, instrumental
music, invention,
involve, involve the
interest, irk, irritate, isometrics, job, job of work, labor, lecture, lecture-demonstration,
lesson, lick into shape,
limber up, liturgy,
lucubration, make
use of, make-work, manage, management, manipulate, manipulation, manual
training, matters in hand, mental labor, mesmerize, miff, military training, mission, misuse, molest, monopolize, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, movement, movements, mummery, nag, needle, nettle, nocturne, nudzh, nurse, nurture, nurturing, object lesson,
observance, obsess, occupation, occupy, occupy the attention, odd
job, office, on-the-job
training, operancy,
operate, operation, operations, opus, orchestration, peeve, performance, performing, persecute, perturb, perusal, pester, physical education,
physical jerks, pick on, piece, piece of work, pique, plague, play, pluck the beard, ply, pother, practice, praxis, preachment, preoccupy, preparation, prepare, production, program music,
project, prosecute, provoke, pursue, put forth, put in tune,
put into practice, put out, put to school, put to use, raise, raising, reading, ready, readying, rear, rearing, recital, recitation, rehearsal, rehearse, religious ceremony,
responsibility,
restudy, restudying, review, ricercar, ride, rile, rite, rite de passage, rite of
passage, ritual, roil, rough usage, ruffle, running, score, send to school, sermon, service, set, set task, setting-up exercises,
skull session, sloyd,
solemnity, solemnization, sonata, sonatina, specialize in,
spellbind, steering, stint, stretch, string orchestra,
string quartet, study,
studying, subject, swing, swotting, tackle, take in hand, take on,
take to, take up, talk,
task, teaching, tease, theme and variations,
things to do, throw,
torment, train, training, trio, trouble, try, try the patience, tweak the
nose, undertake,
upbringing, usage, use, using up, utilization, utilize, variation, vex, vocational education,
vocational training, wage,
warm up, warm-up, wide reading, wield, work, work at, work out, working, working-out, workings, workout, worry, wrong use, yoga