épuiser — meaning in English

English meaning

• exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
• wear verb To have clothing, jewellery, or an accessory on one's body.
• wilt verb To droop and lose freshness, as a plant does when it lacks water.

Senses

épuiser is used for these senses in English:

• run out (intransitive) To expire; to come to an end.
• run out To be completely used up or consumed.
• wear To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
• wilt (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

exhaust — full definition

1. verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
2. noun The waste gases released by an engine, or the system that carries them out.

wear — full definition

1. verb To have clothing, jewellery, or an accessory on one's body.
2. verb To gradually damage or erode something through repeated use or friction.
3. verb To last, or hold up, under continued use.
4. noun Clothing, especially of a particular type.

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