(~s, practising, ~d)
Note: in AM, use 'practice'
1.
If you ~ something, you keep doing it regularly in order to be able to do it better.
Lauren ~s the piano every day...
When she wanted to get something right, she would ~ and ~ and ~.
VERB: V n, V
see also ~d
2.
When people ~ something such as a custom, craft, or religion, they take part in the activities associated with it.
...countries which ~ multi-party politics...
Acupuncture was ~d in China as long ago as the third millennium BC...
VERB: V n, V n
practising
The church has broken the agreement, by insisting all employees must be practising Christians.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
If something cruel is regularly done to people, you can say that it is ~d on them.
There are consistent reports of electrical torture being ~d on inmates.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed on n
4.
Someone who ~s medicine or law works as a doctor or a lawyer.
In Belgium only qualified doctors may ~ alternative medicine...
He was born in Hong Kong where he subsequently ~d as a lawyer until his retirement...
The ways in which solicitors ~ are varied...
An art historian and collector, he was also a practising architect.
VERB: V n, V as n, V, V-ing
5.
to ~ what you preach: see preach