practice in WordNet English dictionary

1. avail oneself to
   "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
   practice  apply  use 
   
2. engage in or perform
   "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
   commit  practice 
   
3. carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
   "practice law"
   practice  practise  exercise  do 
   
4. learn by repetition
   "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
   drill  exercise  practice  practise 
   
5. engage in a rehearsal (of)
   rehearse  practise  practice 
   

1. systematic training by multiple repetitions
   "practice makes perfect"
   exercise  practice  drill  practice session  recitation 
   
2. a customary way of operation or behavior
   "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
   practice  pattern 
   
3. the exercise of a profession
   "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"
   practice 
   
4. translating an idea into action
   "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"
   practice  praxis 
   
5. knowledge of how something is usually done
   "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"
   practice