Exhaust

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  • intransitive verb. To make extremely weary; wear out. synonym: tire.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To remove a resource from; deplete.
  • intransitive verb. To use up completely: synonym: deplete.
  • intransitive verb. To discuss or treat completely; cover thoroughly.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To let out the contents of (a container); cause or allow to escape.
  • intransitive verb. To let out or draw off (a gas, for example) from a container.
  • intransitive verb. To escape or pass out.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.
  • noun. The fumes or gases so released.
  • noun. A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.
  • noun. An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A pump, fan, or other device for removing air from a building, enclosure, or receptacle, by lowering the pressure in the egress-pipe or flue.
  • To draw out or drain off the whole of; draw out till nothing of the matter drawn is left; remove or take out completely: as, to exhaust the water of a well, or the air from a receiver; to exhaust the contents of a mine, or of one's purse.
  • To use up or consume completely; expend or make away with the whole of; cause the total removal or loss of: as, to exhaust the fertility of the soil; to exhaust one's strength or resources; you have exhausted my patience.
  • To empty by drawing out the contents of; make empty by drawing from; specifically, in chem., to empty or deprive of one or more ingredients by the use of solvents: as, to exhaust a closed vessel by means of an air-pump; to exhaust a cistern.
  • Hence To make weak or worthless by deprivation of essential properties or possessions; despoil of strength, resources, etc.; make useless or helpless: as, a man exhausted by fatigue or disease; bad husbandry exhausts the land; the long war exhausted the country.
  • To treat or examine exhaustively; take a complete view of; consider or view in all parts, bearings, or relations: as, to exhaust a topic, a study, or a pursuit; to exhaust a book by careful reading or study.
  • . To draw forth; excite.
  • noun. . Same as exhaust-steam.
  • noun. Eduction; emission, as of steam from an engine.
  • Expended; drained; exhausted, as of energy or strength.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
  • adjective. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
  • adjective. a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through.
  • adjective. a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it.
  • adjective. the blast orifice or nozzle.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser.
  • adjective. the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
  • adjective. a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught.
  • adjective. steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston.
  • adjective. a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder.
  • transitive verb. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely
  • transitive verb. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
  • transitive verb. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out.
  • transitive verb. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly.
  • transitive verb. To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
  • transitive verb. See under Receiver.
  • noun. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
  • noun. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
  • verb. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
  • verb. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
  • verb. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
  • verb. To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.
  • noun. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
  • noun. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
  • cross-reference
    discuss  drain  draw  empty  exhaust mill  
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    consume  deplete  eat  eat up  empty  
    Hyponym
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    abort  bleed  blow  breathe  cough out  
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    Aust  Frost  accost  cost  crossed  
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