Thursday, May 26, 2011

Word of the Day

Exercise

[ek-ser-sahyz]
noun, verb, -cised, -cis·ing.


noun

1.  bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health:
     Somebody told me that if I exercise I can lose weight, and then I ate another donut.

2.  something done or performed as a means of practice or training:
     exercises for the violin make my ears bleed.

3.  a putting into action, use, operation, or effect:
     I told my children to exercise caution while sharpening my knives.

2 comments:

  1. I've been loving your dictionary interpretations ...keep them coming.

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  2. In MY dictionary, the word "exercise" means: 'the act of lifting wine glass from coffee table to mouth'

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