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See more synonyms for exhaust on Thesaurus.com to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working. 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. 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. Show More
verb (used without object) to pass out or escape, as spent steam from the cylinder of an engine. Show More
the escape of steam or gases from the cylinder of an engine. the steam or gases ejected. Also called exhaust system. the parts of an engine through which the exhaust is ejected. Show More
Origin of exhaust 1515–25; 1895–1900 for def 11 ; < Latin exhaustus emptied out, drained out, past participle of exhaurīre
Related forms ex·haust·er , noun ex·haust·i·ble , adjective ex·haust·i·bil·i·ty , 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 Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for exhausted disabled ,
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dry Examples from the Web for exhausted Contemporary Examples of exhausted For me and some of my students, 2014 was the year of rediscovering old resources whose value is not exhausted yet.
This breach is an extraordinary emotional drag on the exhausted population.
As I forced my exhausted body to exercise, I yelled at my legs like a drill sergeant, demanding five more minutes or one more set.
She is genuinely concerned, of course, that you look so exhausted and old.
Molendorp is exhausted by the “constant purity exams” being conducted by his fellow party members.
Historical Examples of exhausted Exhausted in mind and body, she could not long endure this tide of recollection.
We have endured much from them, and I must say that my patience is exhausted .
She did not weep: long ago she had exhausted the relief of tears.
But Mr. Thomson's contributions may fairly be said to have exhausted the "romance" of the road.
But Fortune had not yet exhausted her malice against the hapless Athenians.
British Dictionary definitions for exhausted 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 Show More
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 valve ; exhaust pipe Show More
Derived Forms exhausted , adjective exhauster , noun exhaustible , adjective exhaustibility , noun exhausting , adjective Word Origin for exhaust C16: from Latin exhaustus made empty, from exhaurīre to draw out, from haurīre to draw, drain
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Word Origin and History for exhausted adj. mid-17c., "consumed, used up;" of persons, "tired out," past participle adjective from exhaust (v.). Related: Exhaustedly .
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v. 1530s, "to draw off or out, to use up completely," from Latin exhaustus , past participle of exhaurire "draw off, take away, use up," from ex- "off" (see ex- ) + haurire "to draw up" (as water), from PIE *aus- "to draw water." Of resources, etc., from 1630s. Related: Exhausted ; exhausting .
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n. "waste gas," 1848, originally from steam engines, from exhaust (v.). In reference to internal combustion engines by 1896.
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