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EXHAUST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

exhaust; exhaust system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gases ejected from an engine as waste products

Synonyms:

exhaust; exhaust fumes; fumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wear out completely

Example:

He was all washed up after the exam

Synonyms:

beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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:

Eliminate (a substance)

Example:

the plant releases a gas

Synonyms:

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

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)

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Use up the whole supply of

Example:

We have exhausted the food supplies

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 4

Meaning:

Use up (resources or materials)

Example:

They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

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 5

Meaning:

Deplete

Example:

We quickly played out our strength

Synonyms:

exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Only once more could she use this Golden Cap, for which reason she did not like to do so until all her other powers were exhausted.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

You are currently going through one your busiest periods at work in recent memory, and you are probably going home exhausted each night.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Cancer-fighting T cells inside the tumor can get “exhausted” and die.

(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

Moreover, the rats became exhausted much earlier than normal.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)

Red giants are dying stars in the late stages of life that are exhausting the nuclear fuel that makes them shine.

(Hubble Detects Giant 'Cannonballs' Shooting from Star, NASA)

As a result, having exhausted his credit with the tradesmen (though he had increased his credit with the grocer to five dollars), his wheel and suit of clothes went back to the pawnbroker.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I rather think, Inspector Martin, that we have now exhausted all that this room can teach us.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In an instant the three of us had torn them away from him, and Holmes staggered to his feet, very pale and evidently greatly exhausted.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I tried to walk again: I dragged my exhausted limbs slowly towards it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was the wet season, Mr. Malone, and my stores were exhausted.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)