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EXHAUSTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Depleted of energy, force, or strength
Example:
exhausted oil wells
Synonyms:
exhausted; spent
Classified under:
Antonym:
unexhausted (not used up completely)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Drained physically
Example:
the day's events left her completely exhausted--her strength drained
Classified under:
Similar:
drained (emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
Example:
you look worn out
Synonyms:
dog-tired; exhausted; fagged; fatigued; gone; played out; spent; washed-out; worn-out; worn out
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb exhaust
Context examples:
You are currently going through one your busiest periods at work in recent memory, and you are probably going home exhausted each night.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Only once more could she use this Golden Cap, for which reason she did not like to do so until all her other powers were exhausted.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
It was too good to lose, but by nightfall I was exhausted.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Sensibility, as far as concerned the yearning for food, had been exhausted.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Their spirits were in general exhausted; and to determine whether the day had afforded most pleasure or pain, might occupy the meditations of almost all.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
My small stock of knowledge was exhausted.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My eye rose to his; and while I looked in his fierce face I gave an involuntary sigh; his gripe was painful, and my over-taxed strength almost exhausted.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The next moment he had staggered back to his bed, exhausted and panting after his one tremendous outflame of energy.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“You are a sea-officer of my own heart, Stone,” said he, when her ladyship had exhausted her panegyric.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a most delightful reanimation of exhausted spirits.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
