exhaust

To make someone so tired that they have no energy left.

• The long walk exhausted me.
• Looking after three children can exhaust anyone.
• Don’t exhaust yourself before the race.

Similar words: tire out, wear out

Opposites: energize, refresh

Common phrases: exhaust yourself, exhaust someone, physically exhaust someone

To use all of something until none is left.

• We exhausted our food supplies.
• The repairs exhausted all our savings.
• Have you exhausted every possible solution?

Similar words: use up, deplete

Opposites: replenish

Common phrases: exhaust supplies, exhaust your savings, exhaust all possibilities, exhaust a supply

To empty a place or container by using or removing everything inside it.

• Years of pumping exhausted the well.
• The mine was exhausted after decades of use.
• Drawing too much water can exhaust a small reservoir.

Similar words: empty, drain

Opposites: fill

Common phrases: exhaust a well, exhaust a reservoir, exhaust a mine

To discuss every part of a subject until there is nothing more to say.

• We soon exhausted the topic.
• The report exhausts the subject in considerable detail.
• After hours of debate, they had exhausted every argument.

Similar words: cover fully

Common phrases: exhaust a topic, exhaust the subject, exhaust an argument

To remove all the liquid or gas from somewhere.

• The pump exhausts air from the chamber.
• All the water was exhausted from the vessel.
• The system exhausts hot gases through a pipe.

How to use it: exhaust something from something (The pump exhausts air from the sealed container.)

Similar words: drain, remove

Common phrases: exhaust air, exhaust something from something, exhaust the gas

The pipes and other parts that carry used gases out of an engine.

• The car’s exhaust is broken.
• A mechanic fitted a new exhaust yesterday.
• Smoke poured from the exhaust pipe.

Similar words: exhaust system

Common phrases: car exhaust, exhaust system, exhaust pipe

A pipe or opening that carries used or dirty air out of an enclosed space.

• The exhaust carries stale air outside.
• Dust had blocked the room’s exhaust vent.
• The kitchen exhaust needs regular cleaning.

Similar words: air outlet, vent

Opposites: intake

Common phrases: air exhaust, exhaust vent, kitchen exhaust