exhaustverb [ T ]
uk/ɪɡˈzɔːst/us/ɪɡˈzɑːst/exhaust verb [ T ] (TIRE)
C1 to make someone extremely tired:
The long journey exhausted the children.
I've exhausted myself with all that cleaning.
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- Take a break now, please - you mustn't exhaust yourself.
- Our plan was to exhaust the children at the park, so that they would sleep in the car.
- The effort of his ordeal completely exhausted him.
- Billy's heart was so weak that just climbing a few steps exhausted him.
- Please don't exhaust yourself cooking and cleaning for him, Granny - he can look after himself.
exhaust verb [ T ] (USE)
to use something completely:
How long will it be before the world's fuel supplies are exhausted?
I'm afraid he's exhausted my patience.
We seem to have exhausted this topic of conversation (= we have nothing new to say about it).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- unused
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- wear
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exhaustnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪɡˈzɔːst/us/ɪɡˈzɑːst/C1 the waste gas from an engine, especially a car's, or the pipe the gas flows through:
Car exhaust is the main reason for the city's pollution.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rubbish and waste
- debris
- detritus
- dross
- effluent
- flotsam
- jetsam
- jumble
- kitsch
- litter
- recycle
- refuse
- rubbish
- rubble
- scrap
- scrap heap
- spoil
- tat
- upcycle
- upcycling
- waste product
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Machines - Engines & motors