Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.

    The water was exhausted out of the well.

    Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

    исче́рпыватьisčérpyvatʹ, исче́рпатьisčérpatʹ

    виче́рпуватиvyčérpuvaty, ви́черпатиvýčerpaty

    wear out completely

  2. (transitive)To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.

    to exhaust a well

    to exhaust a treasury

    erschöpfen, dezimieren

    истоща́тьistoščátʹ, истощи́тьistoščítʹ

  3. (figuratively, literally, transitive)To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.

    My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes.

    to exhaust one's resources

    исче́рпыватьisčérpyvatʹ, исче́рпатьisčérpatʹ, истоща́тьistoščátʹ

    виче́рпуватиvyčérpuvaty, ви́черпатиvýčerpaty, висна́жуватиvysnážuvaty

    use up the whole supply of

  4. (transitive)To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

    The marathon exhausted me.

    erschöpfen

    изнуря́тьiznurjátʹ, изнури́тьiznurítʹ

    висна́жуватиvysnážuvaty, ви́снажитиvýsnažyty

  5. (transitive)To discuss thoroughly or completely.

    That subject has already been exhausted.

  6. (transitive)To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.

    to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether

  7. (transitive)To expel (as exhaust).

  8. (intransitive)To discharge or escape (as exhaust).

Examples

784 sentences
  1. Tom and I are both exhausted.

    Ми з Томом обоє виснажені. — deniko

  2. Both Tom and I are exhausted.

    Ми з Томом обоє виснажені. — deniko

  3. It looks like Tom is exhausted.

    Том здається виснаженим. — deniko

  4. Both Tom and Mary are exhausted.

    І Том, і Мері обоє виснажені. — deniko

  5. Tom and Mary are both exhausted.

    І Том, і Мері обоє виснажені. — deniko

    deTom und Maria sind beide erschöpft. — MisterTrouser

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely:
to use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly (literally, figuratively) — see also use up, deplete, drain, expend:
Русский
By meaning 3
to draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely:
to empty by drawing or letting out the contents — see also empty:
to tire out, to wear out, to cause to be without any energy — see also tire out, wear out, tire, extenuate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to empty by drawing or letting out the contents — see also empty:

Origin

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

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Forms

exhausts, exhausting, exhausted, exhausted
Base formexhaust · to exhaust
3rd person singularexhausts
Present participleexhausting
Past simpleexhausted
Past participleexhausted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexhaust
he, she, itexhausts

Past simpleLesson

all personsexhausted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave exhausted
he, she, ithas exhausted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill exhaust

Synonyms

24 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be exhausted when
  • looked exhausted
  • be exhausted after
  • completely exhausted
  • exhausted after doing
  • to be exhausted
  • would be exhausted
  • totally exhausted
  • was completely exhausted
  • will be exhausted
  • was totally exhausted
  • were both exhausted

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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