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/ɪgzˈɔstəd/ /ɪgzˈɔstɪd/ Listen

verb

Exhaust v. t. (past & past part. exhausted; pres. part. exhausting)

1.

To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

2.

To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

3.

To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources. "A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five."

4.

To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

5.

(Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.

Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.

Synonyms: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.

adjective

exhausted adj.

1.

Same as burned-out, 1.

Synonyms: burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), fagged, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate).

2.

Used up; completely consumed. (Narrower terms: gone, expended, spent) WordNet 1.5 +PJC)

3.

Emptied by being pumped out or having a vacuum created. Opposite of unexhausted.

Synonyms: exhausted, evacuated.

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Etymology of 'Exhausted'

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... the great capital of Magadha, standing in all its beauty. Filled with flocks and herds and its stock of water never exhausted, and adorned also with fine mansions standing in excellent array, it is free from every kind of calamity. The five large hills of Vaihara, Varaha, Vrishava, Rishigiri, and the delightful Chaitya, all of high peaks and overgrown with tall trees of cool shade and connected with ...

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— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 4 • Edward Gibbon

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— The Bon Gaultier Ballads • William Edmonstoune Aytoun

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