/
ɪgˈzɔːst,
ɛg-/
v.
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[often as adj. exhausted or exhausting]
tire out completely.
- use up (resources or reserves) completely.
▸explore (a subject) thoroughly.
- expel (gas or steam) from an engine or other machine.
n.
waste gases or air expelled from an engine or other machine.
▸the system through which waste gases are expelled.
Derivative
- exhaustedly adv.
- exhauster n.
- exhaustibility
/-ˈbɪlɪti/
n. - exhaustible adj.
- exhaustingly adv.
Etymology
C16: from L. exhaust-, exhaurire ‘drain out’.