ex·haust
(ĭg-zôst́)
[Latin exhaurīre, exhaust-, ex-, ex-, + haurīre, to draw.]
verb: -haust·ed, -haust·ing, -hausts.
transitive verb
- To wear out completely. See synonyms at tire1
- To drain of resources or properties; deplete: tobacco crops that exhausted the soil. See synonyms at deplete
- To use up completely: exhausted our funds before the month was out.
- To treat completely; cover thoroughly: exhaust a topic.
- To draw out the contents of; drain: exhaust a tank gradually.
- To let out or draw off: exhaust vaporous wastes through a pipe.
intransitive verb
- To escape or pass out: Steam exhausts through this valve.
noun
- The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.
- The fumes or gases so released.
- A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.
- An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.
derivatives
- ex·haust́ed·ly
- adverb
- ex·haust́er
- noun
- ex·haust́i·biĺi·ty
- noun
- ex·haust́i·ble
- adjective
- ex·haust́ing·ly
- adverb
