Jumped in meadow for exercises (5)
I believe the answer is:
leapt
'jumped' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'meadow for exercises' is the wordplay.
'meadow' becomes 'lea' (I've seen this before).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'exercises' becomes 'pt'.
'lea'+'pt'='LEAPT'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for leapt that I've seen before include "rose fast" , "Jumped, sprang" , "Jumped a long way" , "Made spring" , "Bounded, sprang" .)