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- pronunciation:
- ihg
zawst
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
exhausts, exhausting, exhausted |
| definition 1: |
to consume all of; use up.
The expenses of the remodeling exhausted his funds and his patience.When their fuel was exhausted, they had to continue on foot.- synonyms:
- drain, eat up, expend, finish off, spend, use up
- antonyms:
- replenish
- similar words:
- blow, consume, deplete, dissipate, kill, use, wear
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| definition 2: |
to cause fatigue in; wear out; tire.
The long day at work had exhausted her, and she went straight to bed.
- synonyms:
- drain, fatigue, poop, prostrate, tucker out, wear out
- antonyms:
- invigorate
- similar words:
- enervate, overdo, overwork, strain, tire, waste, wear, weary, wind
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| definition 3: |
to treat or study thoroughly, in every detail.
His paper exhausts the topic.- synonyms:
- plumb
- similar words:
- cover, delve into, embrace
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| definition 4: |
to drain or draw a vacuum in; empty of contents.
This pipe exhausts the pressure cooker when it is cooled.- synonyms:
- drain, vent
- similar words:
- empty, evacuate, void
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| definition 5: |
to remove or dissolve away (contaminants).
- synonyms:
- discharge, emit, remove, vent
- similar words:
- belch, release, spew
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| definition 6: |
to destroy the fertility of; deplete the resources of.
Years of intensive cultivation exhausted the soil.- synonyms:
- devitalize, impoverish, wear out
- similar words:
- deplete, sap, tax, weaken
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| related words: |
batter, belabor, cloy, harass, lose, stretch, waste |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to pass out as waste, as the fumes of an engine.
- similar words:
- emanate, escape, issue, pour, spew
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| definition 2: |
to become fatigued; tire.
An anemic person exhausts easily.- synonyms:
- fatigue, poop out, tire
- antonyms:
- refresh
- similar words:
- wear, weary
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| related words: |
empty |
adverb + (v.)exhaust
completely, emotionally, home, last, means, mentally, physically, thoroughly, totally, utterly
(v.)exhaust
+ noun
alternatives,
avenues,
efforts,
energy,
fuel,
funds,
journey,
means,
muscle,
options,
patience,
possibilities,
potential,
remedies,
reserves,
resources,
supply,
topics
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the escape of fumes from an engine, or the fumes themselves.
The smell of the car's exhaust was unpleasant.
- synonyms:
- emission
- similar words:
- discharge, effluence, fumes, venting
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| definition 2: |
the parts of an engine or other apparatus through which waste vapors are channeled; exhaust system.
There is a problem with your exhaust, and you'll have to have it repaired.- similar words:
- chimney, flue, vent, waste pipe
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| definition 3: |
a device for drawing out air or waste vapors, such as a vacuum pump.
- synonyms:
- draft
- similar words:
- fan, hood, pump, vent
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adjective + (n.)exhaust
blue, clean, dual, gray, hot, underwater
verb + (n.)exhaust
belch, breathe, choke, clean, design, direct, emit, expel, install, pour, produce, reduce, remove, smell, spew, suck, vent
(n.)exhaust
+ verb
billow, fan, fit, hover, idle, mix, rise, smoke
noun + (n.)exhaust
auto,
automobile,
bathroom,
blower,
bus,
car,
carbon,
carbon monoxide,
chimney,
cloud,
combustion,
custom,
diesel,
emission,
engine,
factory,
fuel,
hose,
hydrocarbon,
intake,
manifold,
missile,
monoxide,
motor,
noise,
odor,
oxygen,
pipe,
pollution,
puff,
rocket,
ship,
sleep,
smell,
stack,
tailpipe,
tank,
trail,
truck,
turbine,
valve,
vehicle,
wheel
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| derivations: |
exhaustible (adj.), exhaustingly (adv.), exhauster (n.), exhaustibility (n.) |
The word exhaust
contains the following part:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exalt, exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exclusion, exhaust, exit, exorbitant, expatriate, expedition, expel, expensive, explicable, export, expurgate, extemporaneous, extract, inexplicable
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
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