Exhaust

Verb

 * 1) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
 * 2) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
 * 3) To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
 * A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley.
 * 1) To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
 * 2)  To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.

Synonyms

 * spend, consume
 * tire out, weary
 * See also Thesaurus:fatigue

Related terms

 * exhaustion
 * exhaustive

Noun

 * 1) System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
 * 2) The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
 * 3) The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
 * 4) An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
 * 5) Short for exhaust gas or used steam released from a steam engine

Adverbs for Exhaust
stertorously; utterly; finally; financially; totally;  seemingly;   mutually;   racially; ruthlessly; practically; physically; spiritually.

Thesaurus
abate, ablate, absorb, assimilate, attenuate, avenue, backwash, bankrupt, beat, blackdamp, bleed, bleed white, blow, blow out, blowhole, blunt, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, broach, burden, burn out, burn up, carry too far, cast forth, castrate, channel, charge, chokedamp, chute, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, coal gas, condensation trail, consume, contrail, cough, cramp, cripple, crush one, damp, dampen, deaden, debilitate, debouch, decant, defecate, defluxion, demasculinize, denude, deplete, deplume, desex, desexualize, despoil, devitalize, digest, disable, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, displume, dissipate, divest, do in, do up, door, draft, draft off, drain, drain of resources, drain off, drain out, drainage, draw, draw from, draw off, dry, dull, eat, eat up, effeminize, effluence, effluent, effluvium, efflux, effluxion, effusion, egress, ejaculate, eliminate, emanation, emasculate, emission, emit, empty, empty out, emunctory, enervate, enfeeble, erode, eruct, erupt, escape, estuary, etiolate, evacuate, eviscerate, exaggerate, exhalation, exhale, exhaust gas, exit, expel, expend, expire, extenuate, extravasate, fag, fag out, fatigue, find vent, finish, finish off, firedamp, flag, flay, fleece, floodgate, flow, flow out, flowoff, flume, frazzle, fritter away, fuel, fume, fumes, gas, gasp, give off, give out, give vent to, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, gobble, gobble up, gruel, gulp, gush, gush out, hack, harass, haunt, haunt the memory, hiccup, huff, impoverish, ingest, inhale, inspire, issue, jade, jet, jet propulsion, knock out, knock up, know no bounds, lay low, let, let blood, let out, liquid oxygen, loophole, lose, malaria, mephitis, milk, mitigate, obsess, open the floodgates, open the sluices, opening, oppress, out, outcome, outfall, outflow, outflowing, outgate, outgo, outlet, outpour, outpouring, overact, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overfatigue, overindulge, overlabor, overplay, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtire, overtrain, overuse, overweary, overwork, pant, pass all bounds, phlebotomize, pick clean, pipette, pluck, poop, poop out, pore, port, pour, pour forth, pour out, prey on, propellant, propulsion charge, prostrate, protest too much, puff, pump, pump out, purge, rattle, reaction propulsion, reduce, reek, remove, respire, rocket propulsion, run out, run through, runoff, sally port, sap, scour out, send forth, send out, shake, shake up, shear, sigh, siphon off, skin, sluice, sluice out, smoke, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, soften up, spend, spew, spew out, spill, spiracle, spout, spout out, spurt, squander, squirt, steam, sterilize, strain, stream, strip, strip bare, suck, suck dry, suck out, surge, swallow, swallow up, sweep out, tap, tax, throw off, throw out, thrust, tire, tire out, tire to death, tucker, unbrace, unclog, undermine, unfoul, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, use up, vapor, vapor trail, venesect, vent, ventage, venthole, void, vomit forth, vomitory, vortex, wake, wash, waste, waste away, way out, weaken, wear, wear away, wear down, wear on, wear out, wear upon one, weary, weigh upon, weight down, weir, well, well out, wheeze, wilt, wind

Etymology
From exhaustus:, past participle of exhaurire: < ex: + haurire:.

Pronunciation
\Ex*haust"\

Verb

 * Czech:


 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ehdyttää (1,2), uuvuttaa (3), näännyttää (3)

Noun

 * Dutch: uitlaatpijp, uitlaat
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Spanish: tubo de escape


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 * Dutch:
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 * German: Abluft


 * Finnish:
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 * Hungarian: kipufogó
 * Norwegian: eksosrør
 * Spanish:, tubo de escape

Derived terms

 * exhaust draught
 * exhaust fan
 * exhaustless
 * exhaust nozzle
 * exhaust pipe


 * exhaust port
 * exhaust purifier
 * exhaust steam
 * exhaust system
 * exhaust valve