meaning of exhausts
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 ones strength, patience, or resources.
4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
5. 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.
6. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
7. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc. , that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
8. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
9. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
10. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
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