1 a: to consume entirely : use up <exhausted our funds in a week> b: to tire extremely or completely <exhausted by overwork> c: to deprive of a valuable quality or constituent <exhaust a photographic developer> <exhaust a soil of fertility>
2 a: to draw off or let out completely b: to empty by drawing off the contents; specifically : to create a vacuum in
3 a: to consider or discuss (a subject) thoroughly or completely b: to try out the whole number of <exhausted all the possibilities>intransitive verb
*definition via m-w.com
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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