exhaust

exhaust
[[t]ɪgzɔ͟ːst[/t]]
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exhausts, exhausting, exhausted
1) VERB If something exhausts you, it makes you so tired, either physically or mentally, that you have no energy left.

[V n] Don't exhaust him...

[V n] He took to walking long distances in an attempt to physically exhaust himself.

Derived words:
exhausted ADJ-GRADED

She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy.

exhausting ADJ-GRADED

It was an exhausting schedule she had set herself.

2) VERB If you exhaust something such as money or food, you use or finish it all.

[V n] We have exhausted all our material resources...

[V-ed] They said that food supplies were almost exhausted.

3) VERB If you have exhausted a subject or topic, you have talked about it so much that there is nothing more to say about it.

[V n] She and Chantal must have exhausted the subject of babies and clothes.

4) N-COUNT The exhaust or the exhaust pipe is the pipe which carries the gas out of the engine of a vehicle. [mainly BRIT]
5) N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl Exhaust is the gas or steam that is produced when the engine of a vehicle is running.

...the exhaust from a car engine...

The city's streets are filthy and choked with exhaust fumes.

...the concentration of car exhausts in the Los Angeles area.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Exhaust — Ex*haust , a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Exhaust — may refer to:In mathematics: *Proof by exhaustion, proof by examining all individual cases *Exhaustion by compact sets, in analysis, a sequence of compact sets that converges on a given set *Collectively exhaustive, in probability and set theory …   Wikipedia

  • Exhaust — Ex*haust , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exhaust — ex‧haust [ɪgˈzɔːst ǁ ˈzɒːst] verb [transitive] 1. if you exhaust a supply of something, you use it all, so that there is none left: • The museum was unable to buy the painting as its funds were exhausted by the purchase of two huge albums of… …   Financial and business terms

  • exhaust — ex·haust vt: to use up or consume entirely: as a: to try all of (available remedies) the applicant has exhaust ed the remedies available in the court of the State U.S. Code b: to bring (a claim) through all available prior levels of review each… …   Law dictionary

  • exhaust — [eg zôst′, igzôst′] vt. [< L exhaustus, pp. of exhaurire, to draw out, exhaust < ex , out + haurire, to draw, drain < IE base * aus > ON ausa] 1. to draw off or let out completely (air, gas, etc.), as from a container 2. to use up;… …   English World dictionary

  • exhaust — [v1] tire or wear out bankrupt, burn out*, conk out*, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in*, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out*, poop*,… …   New thesaurus

  • Exhaust — Ex*haust , n. (Steam Engine) 1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there. [1913 Webster] 2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exhaust — (v.) 1530s, to draw off or out, to use up completely, from L. exhaustus, pp. of exhaurire draw off, take away, use up, from ex off (see EX (Cf. ex )) + haurire to draw up (as water), from PIE *aus to draw water. Of resources, etc., from 1630s.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • exhaust — vb 1 drain, *deplete, impoverish, bankrupt Analogous words: sap, undermine, *weaken: consume, absorb, engross, *monopolize: dissipate, disperse, dispel, *scatter Contrasted words: conserve, preserve, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • exhaust — ► VERB 1) tire out completely. 2) use up (resources or reserves) completely. 3) explore (a subject) thoroughly. 4) expel (gas or steam) from an engine or other machine. ► NOUN 1) waste gases or air expelled from an engine or other machine. 2) …   English terms dictionary

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