Exhaustibility

ex·haust  (g-zôst)

v. ex·haust·ed, ex·haust·ing, ex·hausts

v.tr.

1. To wear out completely. See Synonyms at tire¹.

2. To drain of resources or properties; deplete: tobacco crops that exhausted the soil. See Synonyms at deplete.

3. To use up completely: exhausted our funds before the month was out.

4. To treat completely; cover thoroughly: exhaust a topic.

5. To draw out the contents of; drain: exhaust a tank gradually.

6. To let out or draw off: exhaust vaporous wastes through a pipe.

v.intr.

To escape or pass out: Steam exhausts through this valve.

n.

1.

a. The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.

b. The fumes or gases so released.

2. A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.

3. An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.

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[Latin exhaurre, exhaust- : ex-, ex- + haurre, to draw.]

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ex·hausted·ly adv.

ex·hauster n.

ex·hausti·bili·ty n.

ex·hausti·ble adj.

ex·hausting·ly adv.