exhaust

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Only thing i hate is that the exhaust is a little too quite.

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  1. transitive verb To wear out completely. See Synonyms at tire1.
  2. transitive verb To drain of resources or properties; deplete: tobacco crops that exhausted the soil. See Synonyms at deplete.
  3. transitive verb To use up completely: exhausted our funds before the month was out.
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  • Only thing i hate is that the exhaust is a little too quite. —  The Car Connection
  • When the traffic is heavy, the exhaust is the air, the air is the exhaust.
  • Wood smoke is more toxic than biodiesel exhaust, which is dirtier than ethanol exhaust, with biomethane and biohydrogen being the equivalents of natural gas, only cleaner (natural gas often occurs with highly toxic hydrogen sulfide). —  RealClimate
  • "The water jacketing seems thoroughly carried out; and when the party's assembled on deck, it will hear no more noise than the buzzing of a big bee, as the exhaust is led away below the water-line. —  The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
  • A supercharger, exhaust headers and a free-flowing exhaust were added for performance to back up the good looks. —  Top Speed
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turbine ·  nozzle ·  steam ·  fuel ·  vapor ·  jet ·  vent ·  engine ·  combustion ·  plasma ·  fume ·  inlet

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exhaust:   exhausts ·  exhausting ·  exhausted
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Latin exhaurīre, exhaust- : ex-, ex- + haurīre, to draw.

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  1. from Middle Latin exhaustare, exaustare, freq. from Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire (later Italian esaurire = Portuguese exhaurir), draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust, from ex, out, + haurire, draw (especially water), drain.
  2. = Spanish Portuguese exhausto = Italian esausto, from Latin exhaustus, past participle: see the verb.
  3. from exhaust, v.
 

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