'Exhaust' definitions:

Definition of 'exhaust'

(from WordNet)
noun
Gases ejected from an engine as waste products [syn: exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes]
noun
System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged [syn: exhaust, exhaust system]
verb
Wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" [syn: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out]
verb
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out]
verb
Deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire]
verb
Use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies"
verb
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release]

Definition of 'Exhaust'

From: GCIDE
  • Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
  • Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Exhaust'

From: GCIDE
  • Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, n. (Steam Engine)
  • 1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Exhaust'

From: GCIDE
  • Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
  • 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. [1913 Webster]
  • Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through.
  • Exhaust fan, 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.
  • Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle.
  • Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser.
  • Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
  • Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
  • Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston.
  • Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'exhaust'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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