exhaust

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exhaust[1,verb] exhaust[2,noun]

Main Entry: ¹ex·haust
Pronunciation: ig-'zost
Function: verb
Etymology: Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire, from ex- + haurire to draw; akin to Middle High German [oe]sen to empty, Greek auein to take
transitive verb
1 a : to consume entirely : USE UP <exhausted our funds in a week> b : to tire extremely or completely <exhausted by overwork> c : to deprive of a valuable quality or constituent <exhaust a photographic developer> <exhaust a soil of fertility>
2 a : to draw off or let out completely b : to empty by drawing off the contents; specifically : to create a vacuum in
3 a : to consider or discuss (a subject) thoroughly or completely b : to try out the whole number of <exhausted all the possibilities>
intransitive verb : DISCHARGE, EMPTY <the engine exhausts through the muffler>
synonym see DEPLETE, TIRE
- ex·haust·er noun
- ex·haust·ibil·i·ty /-"zo-st&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- ex·haust·ible /-'zo-st&-b&l/ adjective