exhaust
[ ig-zawst ]
/ ɪgˈzɔst /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to pass out or escape, as spent steam from the cylinder of an engine.
noun Machinery.
OTHER WORDS FOR exhaust
4 void.
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Origin of exhaust
1515–25; 1895–1900 for def. 11; <Latin exhaustus emptied out, drained out, past participle of exhaurīre
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British Dictionary definitions for exhaust
exhaust
/ (ɪɡˈzɔːst) /
verb (mainly tr)
noun
Derived forms of exhaust
Word Origin for exhaust
C16: from Latin exhaustus made empty, from exhaurīre to draw out, from haurīre to draw, drain
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