Exhaust (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object)
  1. to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  2. to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: He exhausted a fortune in stock-market speculation.
  3. to draw out all that is essential in (a subject, topic, etc.); treat or study thoroughly.
  4. to empty by drawing out the contents: to exhaust a tank of fuel oil.
  5. to create a vacuum in.
  6. to draw out or drain off completely.
  7. to deprive wholly of useful or essential properties, possessions, resources, etc.
  8. to deprive of ingredients by the use of solvents, as a drug.
  9. to destroy the fertility of (soil), as by intensive cultivation.
verb (used without object)
  1. to pass out or escape, as spent steam from the cylinder of an engine.
noun Machinery.
  1. the escape of steam or gases from the cylinder of an engine.
  2. the steam or gases ejected.
  3. the parts of an engine through which the exhaust is ejected.
verb (mainly tr)
  1. to drain the energy of; tire out
  2. to deprive of resources, etc
  3. to deplete totally; expend; consume
  4. to empty (a container) by drawing off or pumping out (the contents)
  5. to develop or discuss thoroughly so that no further interest remains
  6. to remove gas from (a vessel, etc) in order to reduce the pressure or create a vacuum; evacuate
  7. to remove or use up the active ingredients from (a drug, solution, etc)
  8. to destroy the fertility of (soil) by excessive cultivation
  9. (of steam or other gases) to be emitted or to escape from an engine after being expanded
noun
  1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products
    • the expulsion of expanded gas or steam from an engine
    • (as modifier)
    • the parts of an engine through which the exhausted gases or steam pass
    • (as modifier)
Exhaust (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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