échappement — meaning in English
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English meaning
- exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
Senses
échappement is used for these senses in English:
- escapement (clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
exhaust — full definition
- verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
- noun The waste gases released by an engine, or the system that carries them out.