You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for May 6.

No Homework Day

Today’s word is exhaust, spelled e-x-h-a-u-s-t.

exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔːst $ -ˈzɒːst/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

to make someone feel extremely tired

Our plan was to exhaust the children at the park, so that they would sleep in the car.

I've exhausted myself with all that cleaning.

to use all of something SYN use up

We are in danger of exhausting the world’s oil supply.

If they keep spending this way, they'll exhaust their savings.

I'm afraid he's exhausted my patience.

exhaust a subject/topic etc

to talk about something so much that you have nothing more to say about it

Once we’d exhausted the subject of Jill’s wedding, I didn’t know what to say.

exhaust ●○○ noun

(also exhaust pipe) [countable] a pipe on a car or machine that waste gases pass through

There's a problem with the car's exhaust.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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