1. • noun - a customary way of operation or behavior
   • noun - systematic training by multiple repetitions
   • noun - translating an idea into action
   • noun - the exercise of a profession
   • noun - knowledge of how something is usually done
   • verb - carry out or practice
   • verb - learn by repetition
   • verb - engage in a rehearsal (of)
   • verb - avail oneself to
   • verb - engage in or perform
2. • To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: She practiced restraint in her friendships.
   • To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step.
   • To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting.
   • To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.
   • To carry out in action; observe: She practices her religion piously.
   • To plot (something evil).
   • To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly.
   • To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.
   • To work at a profession.
   • To intrigue or plot.
   • A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual.
   • Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.
   • The skill so learned or perfected.
   • The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise: out of practice.
   • The act or process of doing something; performance or action: a theory that is difficult to put into practice.
   • Exercise of an occupation or a profession: the practice of law.
   • The business of a professional person: an obstetrician with her own practice.
   • A habitual or customary action or act.
   • The methods of procedure used in a court of law.
   • Archaic.
   • The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.
   • The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to do or cause to do again and again in order to acquire proficiency”: practice the shot put; drill pupils in the multiplication tables; exercising one’s wits; an actor rehearsing a role.
3. • v - to perform often so as to acquire skill

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