exhaust
Americanverb (used with object)
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to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person.
I have exhausted myself working.
- Synonyms:
- debilitate, prostrate, enervate, tire
- Antonyms:
- invigorate, strengthen
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to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of.
He exhausted a fortune in stock-market speculation.
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to draw out all that is essential in (a subject, topic, etc.); treat or study thoroughly.
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to empty by drawing out the contents.
to exhaust a tank of fuel oil.
- Synonyms:
- void
- Antonyms:
- fill
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to create a vacuum in.
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to draw out or drain off completely.
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to deprive wholly of useful or essential properties, possessions, resources, etc.
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Chemistry, Pharmacology. to deprive of ingredients by the use of solvents, as a drug.
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to destroy the fertility of (soil), as by intensive cultivation.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to drain the energy of; tire out
to exhaust someone by constant questioning
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to deprive of resources, etc
a nation exhausted by war
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to deplete totally; expend; consume
to exhaust food supplies
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to empty (a container) by drawing off or pumping out (the contents)
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to develop or discuss thoroughly so that no further interest remains
to exhaust a topic of conversation
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to remove gas from (a vessel, etc) in order to reduce the pressure or create a vacuum; evacuate
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to remove or use up the active ingredients from (a drug, solution, etc)
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to destroy the fertility of (soil) by excessive cultivation
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(intr) (of steam or other gases) to be emitted or to escape from an engine after being expanded
noun
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gases ejected from an engine as waste products
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the expulsion of expanded gas or steam from an engine
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( as modifier )
exhaust stroke
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the parts of an engine through which the exhausted gases or steam pass
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( as modifier )
exhaust valve
exhaust pipe
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Other Word Forms
- exhausted adjective
- exhauster noun
- exhaustibility noun
- exhaustible adjective
- exhausting adjective
- multiexhaust noun
- nonexhausted adjective
- nonexhaustible adjective
- preexhaust verb (used with object)
- unexhausted adjective
- unexhaustedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of exhaust
1515–25; 1895–1900 exhaust for def. 11; < Latin exhaustus emptied out, drained out, past participle of exhaurīre
Example Sentences
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They might not know whether they'll get exhausted, if the weather will get worse, or how big the risk of a serious accident is.
From BBC
"It was exhausting for us, so I dread to think how poor Marigold felt."
From BBC
Out of their victory over sin and guilt, Hawthorne builds the “city on a hill” that the American republic would become: a dynamic vessel for people and ideas fleeing an exhausted Old World.
"I've had better days," the exhausted looking singer told fans from his hospital bed.
From BBC
Dan told the BBC the monitoring and caring for a severely disabled child meant neither he or his partner got much sleep, were exhausted and also had two other children to care for.
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