exhaust
adjective
1. (obsolete) Exhausted; used up.
noun
1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products
Similar word(s): fumes
Definition categories: substance, waste, gas
2. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
Definition categories: man–made, system
verb
1. wear out completely
- This kind of work exhausts me
Definition categories: body, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, wear, weary
2. use up (resources or materials)
- We exhausted our savings
Similar word(s): consume, deplete, eat
Definition categories: consumption, drop, expend, spend
3. deplete
- exhaust one's savings
Definition categories: possession, consume, deplete, eat, exhaust
4. use up the whole supply of
- We have exhausted the food supplies
Definition categories: change, empty
5. eliminate (a substance)
- combustion products are exhausted in the engine
Similar word(s): discharge, eject, expel, release
Definition categories: body
Sentences with exhaust as a verb:
- A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley.