exhaust

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪɡˈzɔst/ UK /ɪɡˈzɔːst/ See IPA manual

Freq #12161

Meanings

1

verb
To make someone extremely tired.

The long hike completely exhausted us.
2

verb
To use up something completely.

They exhausted their savings within a year.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make someone extremely... tire outbeat

2 verb · to use up something... deplete sap use up

More consume spend tucker weary

Word family

Forms exhaustlessexhaustsunexhausted

Derived forms exhaust-freeexhausterexhaustlessexhaustmentexhausturemultiexhaustnon-exhaustnonexhaust

Related forms exhaustedexhaustibleexhausting exhaustion exhaustive

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Phrases (6)

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exhaust hood
a cover connected to a vent that removes smoke or fumes

Noun + noun
exhaust steam
steam discharged from an engine or turbine after doing useful work

Noun + noun
exhaust fan
a powered device that draws air out of an enclosed space

Noun + noun
exhaust pipe
a tube carrying burned gases from an engine toward its silencer

Noun + noun
exhaust system
the connected engine parts that carry away burned gases or steam

Noun + noun
exhaust valve
a valve that opens to let burned gases leave an engine cylinder

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Exhaust comes from Latin exhaurire, “to drain out.” It was first used in English in the general sense “to draw off or out.”

Etymology

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

exhaustus Latin

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# exhaust

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈzɔst/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪɡˈzɔːst/
**Frequency rank:** 12161

## Meanings
1. To make someone extremely tired.
2. To use up something completely.

## Examples
- The long hike completely exhausted us.
- They exhausted their savings within a year.

## Synonyms
- consume
- spend
- tucker
- weary

## Derived Forms
- exhaust-free
- exhauster
- exhaustless
- exhaustment
- exhausture
- multiexhaust
- non-exhaust
- nonexhaust

## Related Forms
- exhausted
- exhaustible
- exhausting
- exhaustion
- exhaustive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exhaustus

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

## AI Etymology
Exhaust comes from Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”). In current use, the main senses are “To make someone extremely tired” and “To use up something completely”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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