exhaust[verb]Synonyms:- tire out, debilitate, drain, enervate, enfeeble, fatigue, sap, weaken, wear out
- use up, consume, deplete, dissipate, expend, run through, spend, squander, waste
Contrasted words: conserve, preserve, save, renew, restore, relax, rest, unlax
Related Idioms: suck dry, run one ragged, tire to death
Related Words: dispel,
disperse,
dissipate,
scatter,
run out,
overdo,
overdrive,
overexert,
overextend,
overply,
overwork,
debilitate,
enfeeble,
weaken [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. ex‧haust1 /ɪɡˈzɔːst $ -ˈzɒːst/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire, from haurire 'to draw off liquid, drain']
1. to make someone feel extremely tired:
A full day’s teaching exhausts me.exhaust yourself He’d exhausted himself carrying all the boxes upstairs.2. to use all of something
Synonym : use up:
We are in danger of exhausting the world’s oil supply. Having exhausted all other possibilities, I asked Jan to look after the baby.3. exhaust a subject/topic etc to talk about something so much that you have nothing more to say about it:
Once we’d exhausted the subject of Jill’s wedding, I didn’t know what to say. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. exhaust2 noun1. (
also exhaust pipe)
[countable] a pipe on a car or machine that waste gases pass through
2. [uncountable] the gas produced when an engine is working:
exhaust fumes [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲