exhaust

30 07 2008

Nouns
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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