martial·arm  n.1. A martial arts training machine for teaching trapping, attack and defence. 2. The state of being martially ready. |
sport (spôrt, sport)n.1. a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. b. A particular form of this activity. 2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. 3. An active pastime; recreation. 4. a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks. b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport. c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport. 5. a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport. b. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well. c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip. 6. Informal a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life. b. A gambler at sporting events. 7. Biology An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation. 8. Maine See summercater. See Regional Note at summercater. 9. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking. v. sport·ed, sport·ing, sports v.intr.1. To play or frolic. 2. To joke or trifle. 3. Biology To mutate. v.tr. To display or show off: "His shoes sported elevated heels" Truman Capote. adj. or sports1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment. 2. Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt.
[Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see disport.]
sportful adj. sportful·ly adv. sportful·ness n. |
fit·ness (fitness)n.1. The state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriateness. 2. Good health or physical condition, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition. 3. Biology The extent to which an organism is adapted to or able to produce offspring in a particular environment. |
ex·er·cise n.1. An act of employing or putting into play; use: the free exercise of intellect; the exercise of an option. 2. The discharge of a duty, function, or office. 3. Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness: took an hour of vigorous daily exercise at a gym. 4. A task, problem, or other effort performed to develop or maintain fitness or increase skill: a piano exercise; a memory exercise. 5. An activity having a specified aspect: an undertaking that was an exercise in futility. 6. exercises A program that includes speeches, presentations, and other ceremonial activities performed before an audience: graduation exercises. v. ex·er·cised, ex·er·cis·ing, ex·er·cis·es v.tr.1. To put into play or operation; employ: Proceed, but exercise caution. 2. To bring to bear; exert: "The desire to be re-elected exercises a strong brake on independent courage" John F. Kennedy. 3. a. To subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop: exercise the back muscles; exercise the memory. b. To put through exercises: exercise a platoon. See Synonyms at practice. 4. a. To carry out the functions of: exercise the role of disciplinarian. b. To execute the terms of (a stock option, for example). 5. a. To absorb the attentions of, especially by worry or anxiety. b. To stir to anger or alarm; upset: an injustice that exercised the whole community. v.intr. To take exercise.
[Middle English, from Old French exercice, from Latin exercitium, from exercitus, past participle of exerc re, to exercise : ex-, ex- + arcre, to restrain.]
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aer·o·bic adj.1. Biology a. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen: aerobic bacteria. b. Of or relating to aerobes. 2. Involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body: aerobic exercise. 3. Relating to or used in aerobics: aerobic shoes.
aer·o bi·cal·ly adv. |
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Adj. | 1. | anaerobic - living or active in the absence of free oxygen; "anaerobic bacteria" anaerobiotic aerobic, aerophilic, aerophilous - depending on free oxygen or air; "aerobic fermentation" | | 2. | anaerobic - not aerobic; "isometric exercises are anaerobic"aerobic - based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency; "aerobic dance"; "running is very aerobic" |
train·ing n.1. The process or routine of one who trains. 2. The state of being trained. |
ma·chine n.1. a. A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form. b. A simple device, such as a lever, a pulley, or an inclined plane, that alters the magnitude or direction, or both, of an applied force; a simple machine. 2. A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or a jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment. 3. A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task: The machine is down. 4. An intricate natural system or organism, such as the human body. 5. A person who acts in a rigid, mechanical, or unconscious manner. 6. An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders: a political machine. 7. a. A device used to produce a stage effect, especially a mechanical means of lowering an actor onto the stage. b. A literary device used to produce an effect, especially the introduction of a supernatural being to resolve a plot. 8. An answering machine: Leave a message on my machine if I'm not home. adj. Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine: machine repairs; machine politics. v. ma·chined, ma·chin·ing, ma·chines v.tr. To cut, shape, or finish by machine. v.intr. To be cut, shaped, or finished by machine: This metal machines easily.
[French, from Old French, from Latin m china, from Greek m khan , dialectal variant of m khan; see magh- in Indo-European roots.]
ma·chin a·ble adj. ma·chine less adj. |
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