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Definitions for Exhausting
[1] producing or tending to produce fatigue, weariness, or the like: an exhausting day; an exhausting child.
[2] to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
[3] to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: He exhausted a fortune in stock-market speculation.
[4] to draw out all that is essential in (a subject, topic, etc.); treat or study thoroughly.
[5] to empty by drawing out the contents: to exhaust a tank of fuel oil.
[6] to create a vacuum in.
[7] to draw out or drain off completely.
[8] to deprive wholly of useful or essential properties, possessions, resources, etc.
[9] Chemistry , Pharmacology . to deprive of ingredients by the use of solvents, as a drug.
[10] to destroy the fertility of (soil), as by intensive cultivation.
[11] to pass out or escape, as spent steam from the cylinder of an engine.
[12] the escape of steam or gases from the cylinder of an engine.
[13] the steam or gases ejected.
[14] Also called exhaust system. the parts of an engine through which the exhaust is ejected.
[15] to drain the energy of; tire out to exhaust someone by constant questioning
[16] to deprive of resources, etc a nation exhausted by war
[17] to deplete totally; expend; consume to exhaust food supplies
[18] to empty (a container) by drawing off or pumping out (the contents)
[19] to develop or discuss thoroughly so that no further interest remains to exhaust a topic of conversation
[20] to remove gas from (a vessel, etc) in order to reduce the pressure or create a vacuum; evacuate
[21] to remove or use up the active ingredients from (a drug, solution, etc)
[22] to destroy the fertility of (soil) by excessive cultivation
[23] (intr) (of steam or other gases) to be emitted or to escape from an engine after being expanded
[24] gases ejected from an engine as waste products
[25] the expulsion of expanded gas or steam from an engine (as modifier ) exhaust stroke
[26] the parts of an engine through which the exhausted gases or steam pass (as modifier ) exhaust valve ; exhaust pipe
Words related to Exhausting
tiresome, taxing, debilitating, wearing, fatiguing, sapping
Words nearby Exhausting
exhaust system, exhaust trail, exhaust velocity, exhaust-gas recirculation, exhausted, exhausting, exhaustion, exhaustion psychosis, exhaustive, exhaustless, exhedra
Origin of Exhausting
1515–25; 1895–1900 for def 11 ; < Latin exhaustus emptied out, drained out, past participle of exhaurīre
Other words from Exhausting
ex·haust·ing·ly , adverb
ex·haust·er , noun
ex·haust·i·ble , adjective
ex·haust·i·bil·i·ty , noun
mul·ti·ex·haust , noun
non·ex·haust·ed , adjective
non·ex·haust·i·ble , adjective
pre·ex·haust , verb (used with object)
un·ex·haust·ed , adjective
un·ex·haust·ed·ly , adverb
Word origin for Exhausting
C16: from Latin exhaustus made empty, from exhaurīre to draw out, from haurīre to draw, drain
Synonyms for Exhausting
debilitating, draining, taxing, tiresome, depleting, fatiguing, sapping, wearing, wearying