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as a verb: - 1
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exhaust
noun
1 exhaust
Gases ejected from an engine as waste products.
synonyms: exhaust fumes, fumes.
Dutch: benzinedamp, uitlaatgas, uitlaatgassen
Polish: spaliny
2 exhaust
System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged.
synonym: exhaust system.
Dutch: uitlaat
verb
1 exhaust
Wear out completely:
— This kind of work exhausts me.
synonyms: beat, tucker, tucker out, wash up.
Dutch: afjakkeren, afmatten, aftobben, slopen, uitputten
2 exhaust
Use up (resources or materials):
— We exhausted our savings.
synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, run through, use up, wipe out.
Roget 818:
be prodigal
etc.
adj.;
squander,
lavish,
sow broadcast;
pour forth like water;
blow,
blow in [Slang];
pay through the nose
etc.
(dear)
814;
spill,
waste,
dissipate,
exhaust,
drain,
eat out of house and home,
overdraw,
outrun the constable;
run out,
run through;
misspend;
throw good money after bad,
throw the helve after the hatchet†;
burn the candle at both ends;
make ducks and drakes of one's money;
fool away one's money,
potter away one's money,
muddle away one's money,
fritter away one's money,
throw away one's money,
run through one's money;
pour water into a sieve,
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;
manger son ble en herbe [Fr.].
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Roget 158:
be impotent
etc.
adj.;
not have a leg to stand on.
vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.],
vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.].
collapse,
faint,
swoon,
fall into a swoon,
drop;
go by the board,
go by the wayside;
go up in smoke,
end in smoke
etc.
(fail)
732.
render powerless
etc.
adj.;
deprive of power;
disable,
disenable†;
disarm,
incapacitate,
disqualify,
unfit,
invalidate,
deaden,
cramp,
tie the hands;
double up,
prostrate,
paralyze,
muzzle,
cripple,
becripple†,
maim,
lame,
hamstring,
draw the teeth of;
throttle,
strangle,
garrotte,
garrote;
ratten†,
silence,
sprain,
clip the wings of,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
spike the guns;
take the wind out of one's sails,
scotch the snake,
put a spoke in one's wheel;
break the neck,
break the back;
unhinge,
unfit;
put out of gear.
unman,
unnerve,
enervate;
emasculate,
castrate,
geld,
alter,
neuter,
sterilize,
fix.
shatter,
exhaust,
weaken
etc.
160.
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Roget 638:
spend,
expend,
use,
consume,
swallow up,
exhaust;
impoverish;
spill,
drain,
empty;
disperse
etc.
73.
cast away,
fool away,
muddle away,
throw away,
fling away,
fritter away;
burn the candle at both ends,
waste;
squander
etc.
818.
waste its sweetness on the desert air"
[Gray];
cast one's bread upon the waters,
cast pearls before swine;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
waste powder and shot,
break a butterfly on a wheel;
labor in vain
etc.
(useless)
645;
cut blocks with a razor,
pour water into a sieve.
leak
etc.
(run out)
295;
run to waste;
ebb;
melt away,
run dry,
dry up.
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Roget 789:
take,
catch,
hook,
nab,
bag,
sack,
pocket,
put into one's pocket;
receive;
accept.
reap,
crop,
cull,
pluck;
gather
etc.
(get)
775;
draw.
appropriate,
expropriate,
impropriate†;
assume,
possess oneself of;
take possession of;
commandeer;
lay one's hands on,
clap one's hands on;
help oneself to;
make free with,
dip one's hands into,
lay under contribution;
intercept;
scramble for;
deprive of.
take away,
carry away,
bear away,
take off,
carry off,
bear off;
adeem†;
abstract;
hurry off with,
run away with;
abduct;
steal
etc.
791;
ravish;
seize;
pounce upon,
spring upon;
swoop to,
swoop down upon;
take by storm,
take by assault;
snatch,
reave†.
snap up,
nip up,
whip up,
catch up;
kidnap,
crimp,
capture,
lay violent hands on.
get hold of,
lay hold of,
take hold of,
catch hold of,
lay fast hold of,
take firm hold of;
lay by the heels,
take prisoner;
fasten upon,
grip,
grapple,
embrace,
gripe,
clasp,
grab,
clutch,
collar,
throttle,
take by the throat,
claw,
clinch,
clench,
make sure of.
catch at,
jump at,
make a grab at,
snap at,
snatch at;
reach,
make a long arm,
stretch forth one's hand.
take from,
take away from;
disseize†;
deduct
etc.
38;
retrench
etc.
(curtail)
201;
dispossess,
ease one of,
snatch from one's grasp;
tear from,
tear away from,
wrench from,
wrest from,
wring from;
extort;
deprive of,
bereave;
disinherit,
cut off with a shilling.
oust
etc.
(eject)
297;
divest;
levy,
distrain,
confiscate;
sequester,
sequestrate;
accroach†;
usurp;
despoil,
strip,
fleece,
shear,
displume†,
impoverish,
eat out of house and home;
drain,
drain to the dregs;
gut,
dry,
exhaust,
swallow up;
absorb
etc.
(suck in)
296;
draw off;
suck the blood of,
suck like a leech.
retake,
resume;
recover
etc.
775.
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Dutch: leegmaken, opruimen, leeghalen, uitputten, verbranden, verbruiken
3 exhaust
Deplete:
— Exhaust one's savings.
synonyms: play out, run down, sap, tire.
Roget 688:
be fatigued
etc.
adj.;
yawn
etc.
(get sleepy)
683;
droop,
sink,
flag;
lose breath,
lose wind;
gasp,
pant,
puff,
blow,
drop,
swoon,
faint,
succumb.
fatigue,
tire,
weary,
irk,
flag,
jade,
harass,
exhaust,
knock up,
wear out,
prostrate.
tax,
task,
strain;
overtask,
overwork,
overburden,
overtax,
overstrain.
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Roget 729:
effect,
effectuate;
accomplish,
achieve,
compass,
consummate,
hammer out;
bring to maturity,
bring to perfection;
perfect,
complete;
elaborate.
do,
execute,
make;
go through,
get through;
work out,
enact;
bring about,
bring to bear,
bring to pass,
bring through,
bring to a head.
despatch,
dispatch;
knock off,
finish off,
polish off;
make short work of;
dispose of,
set at rest;
perform,
discharge,
fulfill,
realize;
put in practice,
put in force;
carry out,
carry into effect,
carry into execution;
make good;
be as good as one's word.
do thoroughly,
not do by halves,
go the whole hog;
drive home;
be in at the death
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
carry through,
play out,
exhaust;
fill the bill [U.S.].
finish,
bring to a close
etc.
(end)
67;
wind up,
stamp,
clinch,
seal,
set the seal on,
put the seal;
give the final touch
etc.
n..
to;
put the last,
put the finishing hand to,
put the finishing touches on;
crown,
crown all;
cap.
ripen,
culminate;
come to a head,
come to a crisis;
come to its end;
die a natural death,
die of old age;
run its course,
run one's race;
touch the goal,
reach the goal,
attain the goal;
reach
etc.
(arrive)
292;
get in the harvest.
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Dutch: interen, opdoen, opgebruiken, opmaken
4 exhaust
Use up the whole supply of.
5 exhaust
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