Antonyms for exhaust
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ig-zawst |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɔst |
Definition of exhaust
Origin :- 1530s, "to draw off or out, to use up completely," from Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire "draw off, take away, use up," from ex- "off" (see ex-) + haurire "to draw up" (as water), from PIE *aus- "to draw water." Of resources, etc., from 1630s. Related: Exhausted; exhausting.
- verb tire or wear out
- verb consume, use up
- For example, there is neither an intake or exhaust manifold on the motor.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- Their historians said that toil did not wear out his body or exhaust his energy.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- Thad opened the exhaust valve, let the air hiss from the chamber of the lock.
- Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
- Is there a single spot which the eye, by any peering or prying, can fathom or exhaust?
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- You'll get a hernia of your exhaust pipe if you stay so tense.
- Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
- The holes G which are bored around the cylinder are the exhaust ports.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- One of these holes is the steam inlet and the other the exhaust.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- Our subject, however, is one which we must be content not to exhaust.
- Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
- Soot on the exhaust stacks proved that the motors had been tried, at least.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- He was reluctant to exhaust a cartridge unless it was an absolute necessity.
- Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby
Synonyms for exhaust
- bankrupt
- bleed dry
- burn out
- conk out
- cripple
- debilitate
- deplete
- devour
- disable
- dispel
- disperse
- dissipate
- do in
- drain
- draw
- dry
- eat
- eat up
- empty
- enervate
- enfeeble
- expend
- fag
- fatigue
- finish
- frazzle
- impoverish
- overdo
- overexert
- overextend
- overfatigue
- overtire
- overwork
- peter out
- poop
- poop out
- prostrate
- run out
- run ragged
- run through
- sap
- spend
- squander
- strain
- suck dry
- take last of
- tucker
- use up
- void
- wash up
- waste
- weaken
- wear down
- weary
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