EXHAUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exhaust mean? 

• EXHAUST (noun)
  The noun EXHAUST has 2 senses:

1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products

2. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged

  Familiarity information: EXHAUST used as a noun is rare.

• EXHAUST (verb)
  The verb EXHAUST has 5 senses:

1. wear out completely

2. use up (resources or materials)

3. deplete

4. use up the whole supply of

5. eliminate (a substance)

  Familiarity information: EXHAUST used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXHAUST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gases ejected from an engine as waste products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

exhaust; exhaust fumes; fumes

Hypernyms ("exhaust" is a kind of...):

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

Sense 2

Meaning:

System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

exhaust; exhaust system

Hypernyms ("exhaust" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Meronyms (parts of "exhaust"):

exhaust manifold (a manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipe)

exhaust pipe (a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler)

exhaust valve (a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold)

muffler; silencer (a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise)

tailpipe (a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car)

Holonyms ("exhaust" is a part of...):

automobile engine (the engine that propels an automobile)

• EXHAUST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they exhaust    ... he / she / it exhausts   
Past simple: exhausted   
Past participle: exhausted   
-ing form: exhausting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wear out completely

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up

Context example:

He was all washed up after the exam

Hypernyms (to "exhaust" is one way to...):

fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhaust"):

frazzle (exhaust physically or emotionally)

play (exhaust by allowing to pull on the line)

kill (tire out completely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to exhaust Sue

Derivation:

exhaustion (the act of exhausting something entirely)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Use up (resources or materials)

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out

Context example:

They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

Hypernyms (to "exhaust" is one way to...):

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Verb group:

occupy; take; use up (require (time or space))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhaust"):

run out (exhaust the supply of)

drain (deplete of resources)

indulge; luxuriate (enjoy to excess)

burn; burn off; burn up (use up (energy))

spend (spend completely)

exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire (deplete)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exhaustion (the act of exhausting something entirely)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Deplete

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire

Context example:

We quickly played out our strength

Hypernyms (to "exhaust" is one way to...):

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))

Verb group:

play out (become spent or exhausted)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They exhaust the money

Derivation:

exhaustion (the act of exhausting something entirely)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Use up the whole supply of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

We have exhausted the food supplies

Hypernyms (to "exhaust" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exhaustion (the act of exhausting something entirely)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Eliminate (a substance)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release

Context example:

the plant releases a gas

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhaust"):

bleed; hemorrhage; shed blood (lose blood from one's body)

breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))

fester; maturate; suppurate (ripen and generate pus)

eruct; spew; spew out (eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical)

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

ovulate (produce and discharge eggs)

abort (terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion)

ejaculate (eject semen)

blow (free of obstruction by blowing air through)

cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit out; spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

When she woke from the trance, she was cold, and exhausted, and languid; but her mind was all alert.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Check Yes or No if the adjective applies to your pain; exhausting.

(BPI - Exhausting, NCI Thesaurus)

Tired as I was,—exhausted, in fact,—I was prevented from sleeping by the pain in my knee.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco smoke and fossil fuels.

(Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

I awoke exhausted, and finding that it was already night, I crept forth from my hiding-place, and went in search of food.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Six days of exhausting toil were required to cover those thirty terrible miles.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But I must say this, for the good creetur, he resumed, wiping his face, when we were quite exhausted; she has been all she said she'd be to us, and more.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They found that exposure to exhaust particles from outdoor air pollution was associated with DNA methylation changes.

(Combatting epigenetic effects from outdoor air pollution, NIH)

Sensibility, as far as concerned the yearning for food, had been exhausted.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It is also found in tobacco smoke, car exhaust, and trash landfills.

(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)