Exercise

Ex•er•cise [ˈeksərˌsīz]
Noun
== Origin ==
#Latin: Axrcere
#Latin: Xecerec
#Latin: Exercere
#Latin: Excertium
#Old French: Extércitùm
#Then: Exercise (Middle English)
== Meanings ==
#Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.
#A process or activity carried out for a specific purpose, especially one concerned with a specified area or skill.
##A task or activity done to practice or test a skill.
##A military drill or training maneuver.
##[North America] Ceremonies.
#The use or application of a faculty, right, or process.
#Use or apply a faculty, right, or process.
#Engage in physical activity to sustain or improve health and fitness; take exercise.
##Exert part of the body to promote or improve muscular strength.
##Cause an animal to engage in exercise.
#Occupy the thoughts of; worry or perplex.
== Examples ==
#Exercise improves your heart and lung power.
#An exercise in public relations.
#There are exercises at the end of each chapter to check comprehension.
#Training exercises with the Kuwaiti army.
#Graduation exercises.
#The free exercise of religion.
#Control is exercised by the Board.
#She still exercised every day.
#Raise your knee to exercise the upper leg and hip muscles.
#She exercised her dogs before breakfast.
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