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exhaust
[ ig-zawst ]
verb (used with object)
- 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
- to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of:
He exhausted a fortune in stock-market speculation.
- to draw out all that is essential in (a subject, topic, etc.); treat or study thoroughly.
- to empty by drawing out the contents:
to exhaust a tank of fuel oil.
Synonyms: void
Antonyms: fill
- to create a vacuum in.
- to draw out or drain off completely.
- to deprive wholly of useful or essential properties, possessions, resources, etc.
- Chemistry, Pharmacology. to deprive of ingredients by the use of solvents, as a drug.
- to destroy the fertility of (soil), as by intensive cultivation.
verb (used without object)
- to pass out or escape, as spent steam from the cylinder of an engine.
exhaust
/ ɪɡˈzɔːst /
verb
- to drain the energy of; tire out
to exhaust someone by constant questioning
- to deprive of resources, etc
a nation exhausted by war
- to deplete totally; expend; consume
to exhaust food supplies
- to empty (a container) by drawing off or pumping out (the contents)
- to develop or discuss thoroughly so that no further interest remains
to exhaust a topic of conversation
- to remove gas from (a vessel, etc) in order to reduce the pressure or create a vacuum; evacuate
- to remove or use up the active ingredients from (a drug, solution, etc)
- to destroy the fertility of (soil) by excessive cultivation
- intr (of steam or other gases) to be emitted or to escape from an engine after being expanded
noun
- gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- the expulsion of expanded gas or steam from an engine
- ( as modifier )
exhaust stroke
- the parts of an engine through which the exhausted gases or steam pass
- ( as modifier )
exhaust pipe
exhaust valve
Derived Forms
- exˈhaustible, adjective
- exˌhaustiˈbility, noun
- exˈhausting, adjective
- exˈhausted, adjective
- exˈhauster, noun
Other Words From
- ex·haust·er noun
- ex·haust·i·ble adjective
- ex·haust·i·bil·i·ty [ig-zaws-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- mul·ti·ex·haust noun
- non·ex·haust·ed adjective
- non·ex·haust·i·ble adjective
- pre·ex·haust verb (used with object)
- un·ex·haust·ed adjective
- un·ex·haust·ed·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of exhaust1
Word History and Origins
Origin of exhaust1
Example Sentences
Swift has called it "the most exhausting, all-encompassing, but most joyful, most rewarding, most wonderful thing that has ever happened" in her life.
His memory of that day jumps ahead to night when, exhausted from the battle, he found an empty corner on deck to sleep.
He appeared exhausted but could not hide his relief after surfacing.
During the film’s stiff and dull first stretch, the family discovers a young stranger, played by Moses Ingram, who has endured the apocalypse long enough to track the source of their smoke exhaust.
Rasoulof sides with the two daughters galvanized by the violence over their morally exhausted father, a judge who comes home from work having sentenced protesters by the hundreds.
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