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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.

Capability of being exhausted. I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations. J. S. Mill.

Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson.

Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. -- Ex*haust"ing, adv.

The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.

Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.

Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.

Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]

Exhaustion. Wraxall.

Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden.

Without exhaustion.

The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.

Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words. Dryden. An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. Macaulay. -- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv.

Inexhaustible. Thomson.

Inexhaustible.

A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space.

upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.

An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.