exercising  /ˈɛk sər ˌsaɪ zɪŋ/ ? Meaning of "exercising"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

Usage(s):

  1. Using $20 stationary exercising bicycles, the director of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital's pulmonary division starts his patients off with three ten-minute stints a day at the pedals.
  2. Within a few months, most of the participants had resorted to exercising as much as they chose to.
  3. Two months after dismissing the Wii's exercising potential, Nintendo spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan now embraces it.

Quotes

  1. "My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan writes. "Not exercising the veto power became a hallmark of the Bush presidency. ...... To my mind, Bush's...
    on Sep 15, 2007 By: Alan Greenspan Source: SunJournal.com (subscription)

  2. "GM will be run by a private board of directors with a track record in American manufacturing," Obama said Monday. "The federal government will refrain from exercising its rights as a shareholder in all but the most fundamental corporate...
    on Jun 1, 2009 By: Barack Obama Source: msnbc.com

  3. Hadley said the trip "shows that we are moving into a different relationship ...... with Iraqis rightfully exercising greater sovereignty, we in an increasingly subordinate role."
    on Dec 14, 2008 By: Stephen Hadley Source: Toronto Star

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