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Exhaust

//ɪɡˈzɔst// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exhausted; used up. not-comparable, obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
  2. 2
    system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged wordnet
  3. 3
    The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

    "A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time."

  4. 4
    gases ejected from an engine as waste products wordnet
  5. 5
    The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

    "If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates."

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  1. 6
    An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
  2. 7
    Exhaust gas.
Verb
  1. 1
    To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. transitive

    "The water was exhausted out of the well."

  2. 2
    wear out completely wordnet
  3. 3
    To empty by drawing or letting out the contents. transitive

    "to exhaust a well"

  4. 4
    eliminate (a substance) wordnet
  5. 5
    To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end. figuratively, literally, transitive

    "My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes."

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  1. 6
    use up the whole supply of wordnet
  2. 7
    To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy. transitive

    "The marathon exhausted me."

  3. 8
    use up (resources or materials) wordnet
  4. 9
    To discuss thoroughly or completely. transitive

    "That subject has already been exhausted."

  5. 10
    deplete wordnet
  6. 11
    To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives. transitive

    "to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether"

  7. 12
    To expel (as exhaust). transitive

    "Infections can be reduced further if outside air is exhausted after a single use, rather than re-circulated."

  8. 13
    To discharge or escape (as exhaust). intransitive

    "Steam from both high pressure cylinders exhausts through the respective receiver pipes into cylinders."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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