perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it
I need to practise my French
they were practising for the Olympics
scheme or plot for an evil purpose
what a tangled web we weave when we first practise to deceive
expert, typically as the result of much experience
admiring the dress with a practised eye
the waiter was practised at disrupting moments of intimacy