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Emit vs. Exhaust

Emit and Exhaust Definitions

Emit

To give or send out (matter or energy)
Isotopes that emit radioactive particles.
A stove emitting heat.

Exhaust

To make extremely weary; wear out.

Emit

To give out as sound; utter
"She emitted her small strange laugh" (Edith Wharton).

Exhaust

To escape or pass out
Steam exhausts through this valve.

Emit

To voice; express
Emit an idea.

Exhaust

The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.
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Emit

To issue with authority, especially to put (currency) into circulation.

Exhaust

The fumes or gases so released.

Emit

(transitive) To send out or give off.

Exhaust

A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.

Emit

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Exhaust

An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.
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Emit

(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.

Exhaust

(transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely.
The water was exhausted out of the well.
Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

Emit

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emitHis fatal arrows.

Exhaust

(transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents
To exhaust a well
To exhaust a treasury

Emit

To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
No State shall . . . emit bills of credit.

Exhaust

To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end
My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes.
To exhaust one's resources
To exhaust all possibilities
You're exhausting my patience.
I exhausted my strength walking up the hill.
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Emit

Expel (gases or odors)

Exhaust

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
The marathon exhausted me.

Emit

Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.;
The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits

Exhaust

(transitive) To discuss thoroughly or completely.
That subject has already been fully exhausted.

Emit

Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words);
She let out a big heavy sigh
He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand

Exhaust

To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
To exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether

Exhaust

To expel (as exhaust).

Exhaust

(intransitive) To discharge or escape (as exhaust).

Exhaust

A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.

Exhaust

The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

Exhaust

The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

Exhaust

An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.

Exhaust

Exhaust gas.

Exhaust

(obsolete) Exhausted; used up.

Exhaust

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.

Exhaust

To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

Exhaust

To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.

Exhaust

To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

Exhaust

To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.

Exhaust

Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.

Exhaust

Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.

Exhaust

The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

Exhaust

The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

Exhaust

Gases ejected from an engine as waste products

Exhaust

System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged

Exhaust

Wear out completely;
This kind of work exhausts me
I'm beat
He was all washed up after the exam

Exhaust

Use up (resources or materials);
This car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

Exhaust

Deplete;
Exhaust one's savings
We quickly played out our strength

Exhaust

Use up the whole supply of;
We have exhausted the food supplies

Exhaust

Create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.)

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