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| 1. | [ verb ] wear out completely | |
| Synonyms: | tucker tucker_out wash_up beat | |
| Examples: | "This kind of work exhausts me" "I'm beat" "He was all washed up after the exam" |
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| Related terms: | tire play frazzle kill kill exhaustion | |
| 2. | [ verb ] use up, as of resources or materials | |
| Synonyms: | eat use_up wipe_out eat_up run_through deplete consume | |
| Examples: | "this car consumes a lot of gas" "We exhausted our savings" "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
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| Related terms: | spend spend drain burn_off run_down indulge run_out take exhaustion | |
| 3. | [ verb ] deplete | |
| Synonyms: | sap use_up tire play_out run_down | |
| Examples: | "exhaust one's savings" "We quickly played out our strength" |
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| Related terms: | consume drain play_out sapper | |
| 4. | [ verb ] create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.) | |
| Synonyms: | evacuate | |
| Related terms: | empty | |
| 5. | [ verb ] use up the whole supply of | |
| Examples: | "We have exhausted the food supplies" |
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| Related terms: | empty exhaustion | |
| 6. | [ noun ] gases ejected from an engine as waste products | |
| Synonyms: | fumes exhaust_fumes | |
| Related terms: | gas waste | |
| 7. | [ noun ] system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged | |
| Synonyms: | exhaust_system | |
| Related terms: | system automobile_engine silencer exhaust_valve exhaust_pipe tailpipe exhaust_manifold | |
| Similar spelling: |
exhausted exhaustive exhaustion exhausting exact exist exacta excusatory excused exactly exaction exacting existing existent exist_by exactness |
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