exhaust

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English

Etymology

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔst/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɑst/
• Rhymes: -ɔːst

Verb

exhaust (third-person singular simple present exhausts, present participle exhausting, simple past and past participle exhausted)

1. (transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.

2. (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
3. (transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.

4. (transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
5. (transitive) To discuss thoroughly or completely.

6. (transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.

7. (transitive) To expel (as exhaust).
8. (intransitive) To discharge or escape (as exhaust).

Synonyms

• spend, consume
• tire out, weary
• See also Thesaurus:fatigue

Related terms

Translations

Noun

exhaust (plural exhausts)

1. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
2. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
3. The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
4. An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
5. Exhaust gas.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: اقزوز (igzōz)
• → Hebrew: אֶגְזוֹז (egzóz)
• → Persian: اگزوز
• → Turkish: egzoz

Translations

Adjective

exhaust (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Exhausted; used up.

Further reading

• “exhaust”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “exhaust”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “exhaust”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhaustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɡˈzawst]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡˈzawst]

Adjective

exhaust (feminine exhausta, masculine plural exhausts or exhaustos, feminine plural exhaustes)

1. out of (no longer in possession of)
2. exhausted

Antonyms

• inexhaust

Related terms

• exhaurir
• exhaustió
• exhaustiu

Further reading

• “exhaust”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “exhaust”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “exhaust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exhaust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.