Dictionary Entry
exhaust
exhaust is a 7-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
- 5transitive 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.
- 6adjective
Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
- 7adjective
Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
- 8noun
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
- 9noun
The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
- 10noun
system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
- 11noun
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
Synonyms
- 12verb
wear out completely
"This kind of work exhausts me"
"I'm beat"
- 13verb
eliminate (a substance)
"combustion products are exhausted in the engine"
"the plant releases a gas"
- 14verb
use up the whole supply of
"We have exhausted the food supplies"
- 15verb
use up (resources or materials)
"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
- 16verb
deplete
"exhaust one's savings"
"We quickly played out our strength"
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