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English Dictionary: exhaust by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exhaust
n
  1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products [syn: exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes]
  2. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
    Synonym(s): exhaust, exhaust system
v
  1. wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
    Synonym(s): exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
  2. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
    Synonym(s): consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
  3. deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
    Synonym(s): run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
  4. use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies"
  5. eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
    Synonym(s): exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, n. (Steam Engine)
      1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work
            there.
  
      2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe
            provided for the purpose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
      1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
  
      2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
            the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
  
      {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air
            through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
            it through.
  
      {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
            exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
            out of a room in ventilating it.
  
      {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast
            orifice or nozzle.
  
      {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
            steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
            condenser.
  
      {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
            or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
  
      {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
            or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
  
      {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
            escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
            produce motion of the piston.
  
      {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
            steam escape out of a cylinder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex
      out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to
      Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
      1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to
            exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is
            exhausted by evaporation.
  
      2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to
            exhaust a well, or a treasury.
  
      3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till
            the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength;
            to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to
            exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
  
                     A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
                                                                              --Motley.
  
      4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly;
            as, to exhaust a subject.
  
      5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in
            order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as,
            to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and
            ether.
  
      {Exhausted receiver}. (Physics) See under {Receiver}.
  
      Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
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