Exhaust meaning

What does “exhaust” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“exhaust” is a noun and verb with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: gases ejected from an engine as waste products.

exhaust

gases ejected from an engine as waste products
Synonymsexhaust fumes fumes
system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
Synonymsexhaust system

wear out completely
“This kind of work exhausts me”
“I'm beat”
Synonymswash up beat tucker tucker out
use up (resources or materials)
“this car consumes a lot of gas”
“We exhausted our savings”
Synonymsconsume eat up use up eat deplete run through wipe out
deplete
“exhaust one's savings”
“We quickly played out our strength”
Synonymsrun down play out sap tire
use up the whole supply of
“We have exhausted the food supplies”
eliminate (a substance)
“combustion products are exhausted in the engine”
“the plant releases a gas”
Synonymsdischarge expel eject release

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University