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exhaust

verb
/ɪɡˈzɔːst/UK/ɪɡˈzɔst/US/ɪɡˈzɑst/CA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

  1. derived from exhaustus

Definitions

  1. To draw or let out wholly

    To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.

    • The water was exhausted out of the well.
    • Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

  2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.

    • to exhaust a well
    • to exhaust a treasury
    • It takes approximately 8 to 9 minutes to exhaust the tank of air and fill it with water.

  3. To use up

    To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.

    • My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes.
    • to exhaust one's resources
    • to exhaust all possibilities
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. To tire out

      To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

      • The marathon exhausted me.
      • It is a branch that climbs for 11½ miles into the picturesque Wealden hills until, apparently exhausted by the effort, it terminates a mile short of the village of Hawkhurst.

    2. To discuss thoroughly or completely.

      • That subject has already been exhausted.

    3. To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or…

      To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.

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

    4. To expel (as exhaust).

      • Infections can be reduced further if outside air is exhausted after a single use, rather than re-circulated.
      • They [the doors between two clean rooms] get connected, and then high-pressure air blasts out anything in between: all the outside atmosphere is exhausted by fresh, clean air.

    5. To discharge or escape (as exhaust).

      • Steam from both high pressure cylinders exhausts through the respective receiver pipes into cylinders.
      • Figure 7.13e shows a 4/2 valve that normally has the pressure applied to output 4 while output 3 exhausts through the exhaust port. When activated, the pressure switches to output 3 while output 4 exhausts through the exhaust port.

    6. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are…

      A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.

    7. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

    8. 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.

    9. An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.

    10. Exhaust gas.

    11. Exhausted

      Exhausted; used up.

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Derived

data exhaust, diesel exhaust, diesel exhaust fluid, digital exhaust, exhaust draught, exhauster, exhaust fan, exhaust-free, exhaust gas, exhaustless, exhaustment, exhaust nozzle, exhaust pipe, exhaust port, exhaust purifier, exhaust steam, exhaust system, exhausture, exhaust valve, exhaust velocity, multiexhaust, nonexhaust, non-exhaust

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for exhaust. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA