exhaust

(noun, adjective, verb)

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

Similar word(s): beat, tucker

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

Similar word(s): sap, tire

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.