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verb [transitive] British English pronunciation: exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔːst/ 
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present tense
I/you/we/theyexhaust
he/she/itexhausts
present participleexhausting
past tenseexhausted
past participleexhausted

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  1. 1
    to make someone extremely tired and without energy

    Caring for young children can exhaust you physically and mentally.

    She was exhausted by running up the steep hill.

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  2. 2
    to use all that you have of something

    The expedition was forced to turn back when it exhausted its food supply.

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    1. a.
      to use or consider all the possible ways of doing something

      We need to exhaust all possibilities before we give up.

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    2. b.
      to talk about something until you have nothing else to say about it

      We soon exhausted the subject of the weather.

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