exhaust
1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products
• Syn:
exhaust fumes, fumes
• Hypernyms:
gas, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
2. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
• Syn:
exhaust system
• Hypernyms:
system
• Part Holonyms:
automobile engine
• Part Meronyms:
exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exhaust valve, silencer, muffler, tailpipe
1. wear out completely (Freq. 4)
- This kind of work exhausts me
- I'm beat
- He was all washed up after the exam
• Syn:
wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
• Derivationally related forms:
exhaustion
• Hypernyms:
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary,
weary, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out,
fag, fatigue
• Hyponyms:
frazzle, play, kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to exhaust Sue
2. use up (resources or materials) (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
exhaustion, depletion (for: deplete), consumptive (for: consume), consumable (for: consume)
• Hypernyms:
spend, expend, drop
• Hyponyms:
run out, drain, indulge, luxuriate, burn off,
burn off, burn up, spend, run down, play out,
sap, tire
• Verb Group:
take, occupy, use up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP (for: eat)
3. deplete (Freq. 1)
- exhaust one's savings
- We quickly played out our strength
• Syn:
run down, play out, sap, tire
• Derivationally related forms:
sapper (for: sap), exhaustion
• Hypernyms:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
run through, wipe out
• Verb Group:
play out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They exhaust the money
4. use up the whole supply of
- We have exhausted the food supplies
• Derivationally related forms:
exhaustion
• Hypernyms:
empty
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. eliminate (a substance)
- combustion products are exhausted in the engine
- the plant releases a gas
• Syn:
discharge, expel, eject, release
• Derivationally related forms:
release (for: release), ejection (for: eject), expulsion (for: expel), expelling (for: expel), discharge (for: discharge)
• Hyponyms:
expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out,
blow, ejaculate, abort, ovulate, excrete, egest,
eliminate, pass, shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage, spew,
spew out, eruct, fester, maturate, suppurate, emit,
breathe, pass off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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