Exhaust | Mean of exhaust in English Dictionary
/ɪgˈzɑːst/
- Verb
- to use all of someone's mental or physical energy
- If you keep working these long hours, you're just going to exhaust yourself. = Working these long hours will just exhaust you.
- to completely use up (something, such as supplies or money)
- If they keep spending this way, they'll exhaust their savings.
- to try all of (something)
- They've exhausted (all) the possibilities. [=they've tried everything they can]
- to consider or talk about (a subject) thoroughly or completely
- He can talk about baseball for hours and still feel that he hasn't exhausted the subject/topic.
- Noun
- the mixture of gases produced by an engine
- diesel exhaust from passing trucks
- exhaust fumes
- smog from automobile exhaust
- a pipe or system of pipes through which exhaust is released
- There's a problem with the car's exhaust.
