exhaust
ex‧haust1 /ɪɡˈzɔːst $ -ˈzɒːst/ 
verb [transitive]
A full day’s teaching exhausts me.
exhaust yourself
He’d exhausted himself carrying all the boxes upstairs.
2. to use all of something
SYN 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.
exhaust2 noun
1. (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
| I |
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:Language: Latin
Origin: exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire, from haurire 'to draw off liquid, drain'
exhaust yourself
2. to use all of something
SYN use up:
3. exhaust a subject/topic etc to talk about something so much that you have nothing more to say about it:
| II |
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: