Exhaust Meaning
/ɪɡˈzɔːst/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
verbTo empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
Sentence Examples
Inhaling diesel exhaust is bad for our health.
The 5ZIGEN exhaust makes a nice sound.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic had to ____ the fumes from the garage before starting work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The smoke from the car's ____ pipe was visible in the cold winter air.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It takes approximately 8 to 9 minutes to exhaust the tank of air and fill it with water."
— 1922, Municipal Engineering and the Sanitary Record, page 68:
"It is a branch that climbs for 11½ miles into the picturesque Wealden hills until, apparently exhausted by the effort, it terminates a mile short of the village of Hawkhurst."
— 1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170:
"Infections can be reduced further if outside air is exhausted after a single use, rather than re-circulated."
— 2013 November 18, Michael Phiri, Bing Chen, Sustainability and Evidence-Based Design in the Healthcare Estate, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 141:
"They [the doors between two clean rooms] get connected, and then high-pressure air blasts out anything in between: all the outside atmosphere is exhausted by fresh, clean air."
— 2023 May 8, Tom Scott, The world's cleanest railway:
"Steam from both high pressure cylinders exhausts through the respective receiver pipes into cylinders."
— 1910, Walter Mason Camp, The Railway and Engineering Review, page 609:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic had to ____ the fumes from the garage before starting work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The smoke from the car's ____ pipe was visible in the cold winter air.