Exertion: alternatives and connections

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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A wearing off or away.

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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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of Exercise

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Excessive exertion.

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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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of Rub

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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of Strain

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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of Sweat

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Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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