exhaust

n 1: gases ejected from an engine as waste products [syn: {exhaust

fumes}, {fumes}]

2: the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam

are discharged [syn: {exhaust system}]

v 1: wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm

beat" [syn: {beat}, {tucker}, {tucker out}]

2: use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a

lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through

20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: {consume}, {eat up}, {use

up}, {eat}, {deplete}, {run through}, {wipe out}]

3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings" [syn: {run down}, {sap}, {tire},

{use up}]

4: use up the whole supply of; "We have exhaustet the food

supplies"

5: create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.)

[syn: {evacuate}]