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Exercised
/ˈɛk.sə.saɪzd/
To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
📖 Definitions of "Exercised"
- 1
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"
- 2
To perform physical activity for health or training.
"I exercise at the gym every day."
- 3
To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
"She is going to exercise her right to vote."
- 4
(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"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Exercised"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| workoutnoun | An exercise session; a period of physical exercise. |
| physical exercisenoun | the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit |
| physical exertionnoun | the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit |
| castverb | (physical) To move, or be moved, away. |
| lifted | Raised up; held aloft. |
| lodged | (heraldry) Lying down, with head raised; used of beasts of the chase (deer, etc), as couchant is used of beasts of prey (lions, etc). |
| displayed | Spread open to view; shown off. |
| filled | (followed by with) That is now full. |
| exertverb | (transitive) To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material; to bring to bear. |
| putverb | To physically place (something or someone somewhere). |
| employedverb | In a job; working. |
| operatedverb | (in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy |
| marverb | (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage. |
| trained | Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination). |
| completed | Finished. |
| doneverb | (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Cockney, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have. |
| utilizedverb | Being used. |
| appliedverb | Put into practical use. |
| assumedverb | Supposed or presumed. |
| spent | Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted. |
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