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/ɪgzˈɔstɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Exhaust v. t. (past & past part. exhausted; pres. part. exhausting)

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.

To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

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."

To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

(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.

Synonyms: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.

adjective

Exhausting adj. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.

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Etymology of 'Exhausting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Drake, Nelson and Napoleon • Walter Runciman

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— Critical & Historical Essays - Lectures delivered at Columbia University • Edward MacDowell

... experiments could go on continually. If he wanted material, he always made it a principle to have it at once, and never hesitated to use special messengers to get it. I remember in the early days of the electric light he wanted a mercury pump for exhausting the lamps. He sent me to Princeton to get it. I got back to Metuchen late in the day, and had to carry the pump over to the laboratory on my back that evening, set it up, and work all night and the next day ...

— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

... but before he could get to close range two Fokkers swooped down from behind and filled his aeroplane full of holes. Exhausting his ammunition he landed at Fontaine, an aviation field near the lines. There he learned of Rockwell's death and was told that two other French machines had been brought down within the hour. He ordered his gasoline ...

— Flying for France • James R. McConnell

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