Exhaust

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To wear out completely. See Synonyms at tire1.
  • v. To drain of resources or properties; deplete: tobacco crops that exhausted the soil. See Synonyms at deplete.
  • v. To use up completely: exhausted our funds before the month was out.
  • v. To treat completely; cover thoroughly: exhaust a topic.
  • v. To draw out the contents of; drain: exhaust a tank gradually.
  • v. To let out or draw off: exhaust vaporous wastes through a pipe.
  • verb-intransitive. To escape or pass out: Steam exhausts through this valve.
  • n. The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.
  • n. The fumes or gases so released.
  • n. A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.
  • n. An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. 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.
  • v. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
  • v. 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.
  • n. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
  • n. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
  • n. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
  • n. An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
  • n. Short for exhaust gas.
  • adj. Involved with, caused by, or causing exhaustion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely
  • v. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly.
  • v. To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
  • adj. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
  • adj. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
  • n. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
  • n. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw out or drain off the whole of; draw out till nothing of the matter drawn is left; remove or take out completely: as, to exhaust the water of a well, or the air from a receiver; to exhaust the contents of a mine, or of one's purse.
  • To use up or consume completely; expend or make away with the whole of; cause the total removal or loss of: as, to exhaust the fertility of the soil; to exhaust one's strength or resources; you have exhausted my patience.
  • To empty by drawing out the contents of; make empty by drawing from; specifically, in chem., to empty or deprive of one or more ingredients by the use of solvents: as, to exhaust a closed vessel by means of an air-pump; to exhaust a cistern.
  • Hence To make weak or worthless by deprivation of essential properties or possessions; despoil of strength, resources, etc.; make useless or helpless: as, a man exhausted by fatigue or disease; bad husbandry exhausts the land; the long war exhausted the country.
  • To treat or examine exhaustively; take a complete view of; consider or view in all parts, bearings, or relations: as, to exhaust a topic, a study, or a pursuit; to exhaust a book by careful reading or study.
  • . To draw forth; excite.
  • Expended; drained; exhausted, as of energy or strength.
  • n. . Same as exhaust-steam.
  • n. Eduction; emission, as of steam from an engine.
  • n. A pump, fan, or other device for removing air from a building, enclosure, or receptacle, by lowering the pressure in the egress-pipe or flue.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. use up the whole supply of
  • v. use up (resources or materials)
  • n. gases ejected from an engine as waste products
  • v. wear out completely
  • v. eliminate (a substance)
  • n. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
  • v. deplete
    • Equivalent
    exhaust orifice   
    Verb Form
    exhausted    exhausting    exhaustively    exhausts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    empty    gas    waste    waste material    waste product    waste matter    system    use up    deplete    wipe out   
    Cross Reference
    drain    empty    draw    discuss    exhaust mill    exhausted receiver    point of exhaust   
    Hyponym
    ovulate    ejaculate    egest    spit out    expectorate    cough out    blow    emit    breathe    cough up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    weary    tire out    consume    spend    drained    exhausted    exhaustion    education    fatigue   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aust    Frost    accost    cost    crossed    defrost    embossed    frost    glossed    last   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    turbine    nozzle    steam    fuel    vapor    jet    vent    engine    combustion    plasma   
     
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