exhaust
Syllables: ex·haustUK/ɪɡˈzɔːst//ɪɡˈzɔst/
exhaust verb: to draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
Verb
exhaust (third-person singular simple present exhausts, present participle exhausting, simple past and past participle exhausted)
- 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.
- To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
- to exhaust a well
- to exhaust a treasury
- 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 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.1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170
- To discuss thoroughly or completely.
- That subject has already been exhausted.
- 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
- To expel (as exhaust).
- Infections can be reduced further if outside air is exhausted after a single use, rather than re-circulated.2013 November 18, Michael Phiri, Bing Chen, Sustainability and Evidence-Based Design in the Healthcare Estate, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 141
- 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.2023 May 8, Tom Scott, The world's cleanest railway
- To discharge or escape (as exhaust).
- Steam from both high pressure cylinders exhausts through the respective receiver pipes into cylinders.1910, Walter Mason Camp, The Railway and Engineering Review, page 609
- 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.2022 July 13, Alan Darbyshire, Charles Gibson, Mechanical Engineering, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 16
Noun
exhaust (plural exhausts)
- A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
- The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
- A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611
- Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of...1962 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 399
- 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.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
- An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
- Exhaust gas.
Adjective
exhaust (not comparable)
- Exhausted; used up.
exhaust meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
exhaust in Hindi
- to exhaust, empty
- चूसना cūsnā
exhaust in Tamil
- தீர்ந்து போ, புகைபோக்கி
exhaust in Bengali
- এক্সস্ট, ক্ষয় করা, ব্যবহার করিয়া ফুরান, খালি করা, ব্যয় করা, পরিশ্রান্ত করা
exhaust in Malayalam
- നിശ്ശേഷീകരിക്കുക, മുഴുവൻ ശക്തിയും വിനിയോഗിക്കുക, സമഗ്രമായി പഠിക്കുക, ക്ഷീണിപ്പിക്കുക
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- exhaust in Kannada
- ಹೊರಹಾಕುವಿಕೆ, ನಾಲ್ಬಡಿತದ ಬಿಣಿಗೆಚಕ್ರದ ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಬಡಿತ, ಉರಿಗಾಳಿ, ಉರಿದಗಾಳಿ
- exhaust in Odia
- ସାରିବା sāribā, ପୋଛିବା pochibā, ଚିପୁଡ଼ିବା cipuṛibā
- exhaust in Sanskrit
- जासयति jāsayati
- exhaust in Assamese
- উকল ukol
- exhaust in Pashto
- ستړی کول
- exhaust in Arabic
- اِسْتَهْلَكَ istahlaka, اِسْتَنْفَدَ istanfada
- exhaust in Malay
- ekzos, eksos
- exhaust in Indonesian
- kuras, gas buangan
Examples of exhaust in a sentence
- to exhaust all possibilities
- You're exhausting my patience.
- I exhausted my strength walking up the hill.
- It takes approximately 8 to 9 minutes to exhaust the tank of air and fill it with water.1922, Municipal Engineering and the Sanitary Record, page 68:
Synonyms of exhaust
Forms of exhaust
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | exhausts |
| present participle | exhausting |
| past participle | exhausted |
| past | exhausted |
| Noun | |
| plural | exhausts |
Origin of exhaust
From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).
Words formed from exhaust
- 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
Phrases with exhaust
Words that rhyme with exhaust
Questions about exhaust
- What does exhaust mean?
- Exhaust means to draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
- What is exhaust in Hindi?
- Exhaust in Hindi is चूसना (cūsnā). See Exhaust meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use exhaust in a sentence?
- to exhaust all possibilities
- What part of speech is exhaust?
- Exhaust can be a verb, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce exhaust?
- Exhaust is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɔːst/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of exhaust?
- The past tense of exhaust is exhausted.
Words near exhaust in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exhaust (page history and authors); चूसना (Hindi) (page history and authors); exhaust (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhaust (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhaust (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhaust (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଚିପୁଡ଼ିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); উকল (Assamese) (page history and authors); ستړی کول (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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