ENGLISH: exhaust - CREOLE: mòflè



Overview of noun exhaust



The noun exhaust has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes -- (gases ejected from an engine as waste products)

2. exhaust, exhaust system -- (system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged)



Overview of verb exhaust



The verb exhaust has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (4) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out -- (wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam")

2. (3) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out -- (use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week")

3. (1) run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire -- (deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength")

4. exhaust -- (use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies")

5. evacuate, exhaust -- (create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel))

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