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verb (used with object)
1.
to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
2.
to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: He exhausted a fortune in stock-market speculation.
3.
to draw out all that is essential in (a subject, topic, etc.); treat or study thoroughly.
4.
to empty by drawing out the contents: to exhaust a tank of fuel oil.
5.
EXPANDto create a vacuum in.
6.
to draw out or drain off completely.
7.
to deprive wholly of useful or essential properties, possessions, resources, etc.
8.
Chemistry, Pharmacology. to deprive of ingredients by the use of solvents, as a drug.
9.
COLLAPSEto destroy the fertility of (soil), as by intensive cultivation.
verb (used without object)
10.
to pass out or escape, as spent steam from the cylinder of an engine.
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Exhausted
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noun Machinery.
11.
the escape of steam or gases from the cylinder of an engine.
12.
the steam or gases ejected.
13.
Also called exhaust system. the parts of an engine through which the exhaust is ejected.
Origin:
1515–25; 1895–1900 for def. 11; < Latin exhaustus emptied out, drained out, past participle of exhaurīre
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
EXPANDnon·ex·haust·i·ble, adjective
pre·ex·haust, verb (used with object)
un·ex·haust·ed, adjective
un·ex·haust·ed·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. tire, enervate, prostrate, debilitate. 2. waste, squander, dissipate. 4. void. 12. fumes, smoke, vapor.
1. tire, enervate, prostrate, debilitate. 2. waste, squander, dissipate. 4. void. 12. fumes, smoke, vapor.
Antonyms
1. strengthen, invigorate. 4. fill.
1. strengthen, invigorate. 4. fill.
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Word Origin & History
exhausted
mid-17c., "consumed, used up;" of persons, "tired out," pp. adj. from exhaust.
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