vigorous

Everyday

1. Vigorous means strong, energetic and active. tree →
2. Vigorous exercise makes you breathe hard and your heart beat fast. tree →
3. Vigorous plants grow strongly and healthily. tree →

In the lessons

In PE and health lessons: «vigorous exercise», like running or swimming, makes the heart stronger. In science: «stir vigorously». In debates and news: «a vigorous argument». In gardening: vigorous growth.

Examples

• Running is a vigorous exercise. tree →
• Children need vigorous play every day. tree →
• Give the mixture a vigorous stir. tree →
• The old man was still vigorous at eighty. tree →
• They had a vigorous debate about school uniform. tree →
• The tomato plants are vigorous this summer. tree →
• A vigorous shake mixed the paint. tree →
• He was feeling very vigorous indeed, and pranced around loftily, holding his head high. tree →

Note

Spelling: vigour (UK) / vigor (US), but the adjective is «vigorous» in both (no «u» after «o»). Adverb: vigorously. Opposite: weak, feeble, gentle.