January 19, 2022 Word of the Day
exhausts; exhausted; exhausting
Nursing students often find that the long hours exhaust them.
Definition of EXHAUST
[+ object]
1 : to use all of someone's mental or physical energy : to tire out or wear out (someone) completely
If you keep working these long hours, you're just going to exhaust yourself. = Working these long hours will just exhaust you.
2 a : to completely use up (something, such as supplies or money)
If they keep spending this way, they'll exhaust their savings.
2 b : to try all of (something)
They've exhausted (all) the possibilities. [=they've tried everything they can]
3 : to consider or talk about (a subject) thoroughly or completely
He can talk about baseball for hours and still feel that he hasn't exhausted the subject/topic.
— exhausted adjective [more exhausted; most exhausted]
The children were exhausted after their day at the beach.
She collapsed on her bed, totally exhausted.
— exhausting adjective [more exhausting; most exhausting]
It was an exhausting day at the beach.
We have an exhausting amount of work to do.
— exhaustingly adverb
They worked exhaustingly long hours.
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