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ex⋅haust
[ig-zawst]
–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. | to 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. | to 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. |
–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; < L exhaustus emptied out, drained out, ptp. of exhaurīre
1515–25; 1895–1900 for def. 11; < L exhaustus emptied out, drained out, ptp. of exhaurīre

Related forms:
ex⋅haust⋅er, noun
ex⋅haust⋅i⋅ble, adjective
ex⋅haust⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
Synonyms:
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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ex·haust (ĭg-zôst') v. ex·haust·ed, ex·haust·ing, ex·hausts v. tr.
To escape or pass out: Steam exhausts through this valve. n.
[Latin exhaurīre, exhaust- : ex-, ex- + haurīre, to draw.] ex·haust'ed·ly adv., ex·haust'er n., ex·haust'i·bil'i·ty n., ex·haust'i·ble adj., ex·haust'ing·ly adv. |
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