exhaust
30 07 2008Nouns
1. (n.) exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes;
- gases ejected from an engine as waste products;
2. (n.) exhaust, exhaust system;
- system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged;
Verbs
1. (verb) beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up;
- wear out completely;
- “This kind of work exhausts me”; “I’m beat”; “He was all washed up after the exam”;
2. (verb) consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out;
- use up (resources or materials);
- “this car consumes a lot of gas”; “We exhausted our savings”; “They run through 20 bottles of wine a week”;
3. (verb) exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire;
- deplete;
- “exhaust one’s savings”; “We quickly played out our strength”;
4. (verb) exhaust;
- use up the whole supply of;
- “We have exhausted the food supplies”;
5. (verb) discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release;
- eliminate (a substance);
- “combustion products are exhausted in the engine”; “the plant releases a gas”;
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