1. 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.
2. Verb
To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
3. 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.
4. Verb
To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
5. 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.
6. Adjective
Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
7. Adjective
Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
8. Noun
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
9. Noun
The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
10. Noun
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
Vocabulary classified under Physics
11. Noun
system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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