exerts
Puts forth actively
Exerts is the third-person singular of exert, meaning to apply or bring to bear.
One exerts force, pressure, influence, or control.
To exert oneself is to make a strenuous effort: She really exerted herself to finish on time.
The word implies deliberate application of power or effort toward some effect.
Strength or compulsion
- pressureForce upon contact
- strengthPower to exert force
- torqueRotational force measurement
- thrustForceful forward motion
tension · traction · power · stress · leverage · weight · load · friction
Force upon contact
- controlAuthority to direct
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
sway · leverage · clout · force · impact · persuasion · coercion · manipulation
Earnest sustained endeavor
- pushingApplying force to move
- laboringWorking strenuously
- toilingWorking strenuously, exhaustingly
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
endeavoring · working · sweating · grinding · persevering · strain · output · energy
force
Strength or compulsion
thrust · tension · traction · power · stress · leverage · weight · load · friction · resistance
pressure
Force upon contact
dominance · sway · leverage · clout · force · impact · persuasion · coercion · manipulation · compulsion
striving
Earnest sustained endeavor
struggling · endeavoring · working · sweating · grinding · persevering · strain · output · energy · force
exertswithholds
Refuses to release
restrains · holds back · refrains · abstains · ceases
exertswithholds
Refuses to release
relinquishes · surrenders · yields · cedes · abdicates
- physical exertionBodily labor or strain
exert, exertion, exerted, exerting, overexertion, overexert, overexerted, overexerts, overexerting