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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, ... show more

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; ... show more

Roget 638: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse etc. 73.    cast away, ... show more

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

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, ... show more

Roget 729: effect, effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate.    do, execute, ... show more

Dutch: interen, opdoen, opgebruiken, opmaken

4 exhaust

Use up the whole supply of.

5 exhaust

Eliminate (a substance):
— Combustion products are exhausted in the engine.

synonyms: discharge, eject, expel, release.


Moby thesaurus: abate, ablate, absorb, assimilate, attenuate, avenue, backwash, bankrupt, beat, blackdamp, bleed, bleed white, blow, blow out, blowhole, blunt, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out ... show more.

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