n. 25B6; noun
exercise improves your heart : PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, a workout, working-out; gymnastics, sports, games, physical education, PE, physical training, PT, aerobics, jogging, running; Brit. informal physical jerks.
translation exercises : TASK, piece of work, problem, assignment; Music étude.
the exercise of professional skill : USE, utilization, employment; practice, application.
military exercises : MANOEUVRES, operations; war games.
25B6; verb
she exercised every day : WORK OUT, do exercises, train; informal pump iron.
he must learn to exercise patience : USE, employ, make use of, utilize; practise, apply.
the problem continued to exercise him : WORRY, trouble, concern, make anxious, bother, disturb, perturb, distress, preoccupy, prey on someone's mind, make uneasy; informal bug, do someone's head in.