exhausting Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb wear out completely
   wash up; exhaust; tucker; beat; tucker out.
   
   • This kind of work exhausts me
   • I'm beat
   • He was all washed up after the exam
2. verb use up (resources or materials)
   exhaust; consume; wipe out; deplete; use up; eat up; eat; run through.
   
   • this car consumes a lot of gas
   • We exhausted our savings
   • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
3. verb deplete
   exhaust; run down; play out; sap; tire.
   
   • exhaust one's savings
   • We quickly played out our strength
4. verb use up the whole supply of
   exhaust.
   
   • We have exhausted the food supplies
5. verb eliminate (a substance)
   release; exhaust; expel; eject; discharge.
   
   • combustion products are exhausted in the engine
   • the plant releases a gas
6. adjective satellite having a debilitating effect
   draining.
   
   • an exhausting job in the hot sun
7. adjective satellite producing exhaustion
   wearing; tiring; wearying.
   
   • an exhausting march
   • the visit was especially wearing

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