exercise
Noun
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is a type of: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail - use of physical or mental energy; hard worksubtypes:
- cardiopulmonary exercise - exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system
- gymnastic exercise - (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)
- kick up - raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand
- exercise set, set - several exercises intended to be done in series
- anaerobic exercise, bodybuilding, muscle building, musclebuilding - exercise that builds muscles through tension
- calisthenics, callisthenics - light exercises designed to promote general fitness
- isometric exercise, isometrics - muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change)
- isotonic exercise - exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change)
- kegel exercises, pubococcygeus exercises - exercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine
- stretch, stretching - exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- arm exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles
- back exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles
- leg exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
- neck exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles
- stomach exercise, tummy crunch - an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles
- yoga - a system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind
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is a type of: activity - any specific behaviorsubtypes:
- practice - the exercise of a profession
- play - utilization or exercise
- abuse, misuse - improper or excessive use
- development, exploitation - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
- recycling - the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
- application, practical application - the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
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subtypes:
- fire drill - an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
- manual, manual of arms - (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle
- military drill - training in marching and the use of weapons
- rehearsal - (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
- dry run, rehearsal - a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
- brushup, review - practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- scrimmage - (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- shadowboxing - sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training)
- target practice - practice in shooting at targets
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is a type of: lesson - a task assigned for individual studysame as: example
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domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than oneis a type of: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasionsubtypes: commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise - an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
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is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Verb
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is a type of: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purposesame as: exert
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is a type of: put to work, work - cause to worksubtypes: warm up - cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
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entail: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsubtypes:
- limber up, loosen up, warm up - make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
- train - exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
- tumble - do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- strengthen, tone, tone up - give a healthy elasticity to
- press, weight-lift, weightlift - lift weights
same as: work out
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