exhaust
/ɪɡˈzɔst/ verb C1- To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. · The water was exhausted out of the well.· Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
- To empty by drawing or letting out the contents. · to exhaust a well· to exhaust a treasury
- To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end. · My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes.· to exhaust one's resources
- To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy. · The marathon exhausted me.
- To discuss thoroughly or completely. · That subject has already been exhausted.
- To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives. · to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether
- To expel (as exhaust).
- To discharge or escape (as exhaust).
He/she/it exhausts · Past exhausted · Past participle exhausted · -ing form exhausting
Verb forms
- Base form
- exhaust
- He/she/it
- exhausts
- Past
- exhausted
- Past participle
- exhausted
- -ing form
- exhausting
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“Do as you did before, only do not wait so long, all the springs of life are now exhausted in me, and death,” he continued, looking at his paralyzed arm and leg, “has but half its work to do.
Then he fell back into an armchair so limp and exhausted with his own emotions that we had to pour brandy down his throat to keep him from fainting.
King of France, who was formidable still in spite of his recent reverses; and it was necessary, therefore, to have recourse to some profitable scheme, which was a matter of great difficulty in the impoverished condition of exhausted Italy.
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.
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