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ex⋅haust

  [ig-zawst]
Use exhausted in a Sentence
–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

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.

Antonyms:
1. strengthen, invigorate. 4. fill.
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ex·haust   (ĭg-zôst')   
v.   ex·haust·ed, ex·haust·ing, ex·hausts

v.   tr.
  1. To wear out completely. See Synonyms at tire1.
  2. To drain of resources or properties; deplete: tobacco crops that exhausted the soil. See Synonyms at deplete.
  3. To use up completely: exhausted our funds before the month was out.
  4. To treat completely; cover thoroughly: exhaust a topic.
  5. To draw out the contents of; drain: exhaust a tank gradually.
  6. To let out or draw off: exhaust vaporous wastes through a pipe.
v.   intr.
To escape or pass out: Steam exhausts through this valve.
n.  
    1. The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.
    2. The fumes or gases so released.
  2. A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.
  3. An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.

[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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