EXHAUST


Meaning of EXHAUST in English

[ ɪg'zɔ:st , ɛg- ]

■ verb

1》 [often as adjective ~ed or ~ing ] tire out completely.

2》 use up (resources or reserves) completely.

↘explore (a subject) thoroughly.

3》 expel (gas or steam) from an engine or other machine.

■ noun waste gases or air expelled from an engine or other machine.

↘the system through which waste gases are expelled.

Derivatives

~edly adverb

~er noun

~ibility -'bɪlɪti noun

~ible adjective

~ingly adverb

Origin

C16: from L. ~- , exhaurire 'drain out'.

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