exhaustibility


ex·haust

E0274400 (ĭg-zôst′)v. ex·haust·ed, ex·haust·ing, ex·hausts v.tr.1. To make extremely weary; wear out. See Synonyms at tire1.2. a. To remove a resource from; deplete: tobacco crops that exhausted the soil of nutrients.b. To use up completely: a costly project that exhausted our funds. See Synonyms at deplete.3. To discuss or treat completely; cover thoroughly: exhaust a topic.4. a. To let out the contents of (a container); cause or allow to escape: a leak that exhausted the air tank.b. To let out or draw off (a gas, for example) from a container.v.intr. To escape or pass out: Steam exhausts through this valve.n.1. a. The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.b. The fumes or gases so released.2. A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.3. An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.
[Latin exhaurīre, exhaust- : ex-, ex- + haurīre, to draw.]
ex·haust′ed·ly adv.ex·haust′er n.ex·haust′i·bil′i·ty n.ex·haust′i·ble adj.ex·haust′ing·ly adv.