Exhaust /(?)/
Ex·haust
Exhaust
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhausting
- To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
- To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
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To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
- To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
- To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. (Chem.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Exhausted receiver
- See under Receiver.
Exhaust
a.
- Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
- Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
Phrases & Compounds
- Exhaust draught
- a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through.
- Exhaust fan
- a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it.
- Exhaust nozzle
- the blast orifice or nozzle.
- Exhaust pipe
- the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser.
- Exhaust port
- the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
- Exhaust purifier
- a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught.
- Exhaust steam
- steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston.
- Exhaust valve
- a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder.
Exhaust
n.
- The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there. (Steam Engine)
- The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.