A verb is one of the most important parts of speech in any language; it expresses a dynamic attribute of an object, that is, an action. The more verbs you know, the better you know the language, the richer your vocabulary. In this article, the verb “exhaust” will be described in detail: we will dwell on its meaning and morphological characteristics, select synonyms and specify on which syllable the stress falls.
The meaning of the word "exhaust"
What pictures pop up before our eyes when we hear or say the word “exhaust”?
Someone scoops, scoops something to the bottom and finally scoops out so that nothing remains.
Exhaust is:
- Expend anything completely.
- Finish any topic.
- Solve or close any issue.
Consider some illustrative examples of the use of this verb:
- The incident is completely over, shake hands.
- Regrettably, for some four months we have exhausted our love to the bottom.
- Dear Margarita, you wrote a voluminous work on many pages, but, nevertheless, you didn’t exhaust the topic, so I can’t put the top five for you.
- You know, my dear, you have reached my limit of trust.
- We no longer need to meet with you, our relationship has long been exhausted.
- Exhaust is a verb.
- Like all speakers who set themselves the ultimate goal of exhausting the topic, he exhausted the patience of the audience.
- The body has exhausted its last strength.
- Opponents ran out of arguments, and the argument ended in nothing.
- Is it possible to exhaust absolutely all the reserves of fresh water on our planet?
Morphological characteristics, conjugation
“Exhaust” is a transitive verb of a perfect form. Verbs in the initial form ending in "-at" refer to the first conjugation.
Exhaust: Accent
The verb “exhaust” consists of nine letters and eight sounds, of which three are vowels, five are consonants. So, as there are three vowels, the word can be divided into three syllables: to exhaust.
In everyday speech, the verb “exhaust” can be heard with emphasis on either the second syllable or the third. How right?
In modern literary Russian, it is generally accepted that in the word "exhaust" and all its word forms, the stress falls on the second syllable. But accent is also allowed on the third syllable, although this norm is obsolete.
Gang words
In many root words, the stress also falls on the letter "e". For example, scoop, scoop up, scoop, scoop, scooped, butler, etc.
Synonyms for the verb "exhaust"
Synonyms make vocabulary richer, speech more diverse and more beautiful.
Exhaust is:
- Finish, end: "Forces are over."
- Use: "Of course, we did not use all the opportunities, but the desire to sell was gone."
- Stop: "The dispute has stopped."
- To use up : "Mikhail used all the homework, but the members of the examination committee did not calm down and continued to bombard him with additional questions."
- Drain: "Fresh water supplies are depleted."
Of course, these words do not convey the meaning of the verb “exhaust” with one hundred percent accuracy.
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning are called antonyms.
Antonyms for the verb "exhaust": increase, multiply, add, multiply.
Compatibility with Nouns
What can be exhausted? Incident, topic, question, conflict, problem or stock. Agenda, means, question, opportunity, strength, argument or argument. Evidence, love, respect, feelings, relationships and trust.
Anagrams
Few people know that there is such a word game in which the letters of one word need to be composed of others. If we take, for example, the word “exhaust”, then from it we can compose the following set of words:
- comb, slashing, sickle, net, sleep;
- bake, sing, chip, honor, hour, chat;
- rice, speech, army, scooping, oven;
- pass, steam, pat, party, ace, dash, dash, type.
Quotations with the verb "exhaust"
All the subtleties of the meaning and use of any word are brighter in the context of sentences.
We will turn to famous personalities for help:
To get to the bottom of wisdom, one must exhaust all human stupidity. (Berne)
The subject should never be exhausted until nothing is left to the reader; the point is not to make him read, but to make him think. (Montesquieu)
This is precisely what freedom consists of in order to exhaust one's vocation. (Ibsen)
An attempt to exhaust all the details is tiring and insulting to a person who is able to subtly feel. (Rosa Luxemburg)
It is impossible to exhaust this subject: it seems that a lot has been said, but no, it has not been said more. (Boccaccio)
It is worth noting that the word "exhaust", a few decades (or even years ago), people actively used in dialogs. Today - this is happening less and less. In particular, it is practically absent in youth slang. It is much easier for the younger generation to use the words that they hear, rather than those that are mainly mentioned on the pages of books. Let it be sad to admit it, but if the situation does not change, then the word "exhaust" will become another archaism.