exhaust
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exhaust
- /ɪɡˈzɔːst/ UK
- /ɪɡˈzɔst/ US
- /ɪɡˈzɑst/ Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /ɪɡˈzɒst/ Canada, US, cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːst
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider.
Proto-Italic *auziō
Latin hauriō
Latin exhauriō
Latin exhaustusder.
English exhaust
From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).
verb exhausts · exhausting · exhausted
- To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. The water was exhausted out of the well.
- To empty by drawing or letting out the contents. to exhaust a well
- 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 tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy. The marathon exhausted me.
- 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.
- To discharge or escape (as exhaust). Steam from both high pressure cylinders exhausts through the respective receiver pipes into cylinders.
noun 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.
- 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.
- An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
- Exhaust gas.
adjective
- Exhausted; used up.
