exhaust

Plural: exhausts

Noun

gases ejected from an engine as waste products
system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
Exhaust gas.

Verb

Verb Forms: exhausted, exhausting, exhausts

To use up completely; to make very tired.
wear out completely
- "This kind of work exhausts me"
use up (resources or materials)
- "We exhausted our savings"
deplete
- "exhaust one's savings"
use up the whole supply of
- "We have exhausted the food supplies"
eliminate (a substance)
- "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"
To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.
To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
To discuss thoroughly or completely.
To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
To expel (as exhaust).
To discharge or escape (as exhaust).

Adj

Exhausted; used up.

Examples

I exhausted my strength walking up the hill.
Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes.
That subject has already been exhausted.
The marathon exhausted me.
The water was exhausted out of the well.
to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether
to exhaust a treasury
to exhaust a well
to exhaust all possibilities
to exhaust one's resources
Trying to find a spot for a Q without a U can truly exhaust a player’s tile rack options.
You're exhausting my patience.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

Synonyms

beat, consume, deplete, discharge, eat, eat up, eject, exhaust fumes, exhaust system, expel, fumes, play out, release, run down, run through, sap, tire, tucker, tucker out, use up, wash up, wipe out, spend, tire out, weary

Scrabble Score: 17

exhaust: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
exhaust: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exhaust: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

exhaust: valid Words With Friends Word