Erschöpfen — meaning in English

English meaning

• depletion noun The gradual reduction or using up of a resource or supply.
• exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
• sap noun The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying nutrients.
• spend verb To pay out money in exchange for something.

Senses

Erschöpfen is used for these senses in English:

• depletion The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
• exhaust (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
• knock up (dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more. [from 18th c.]
• knock up (dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out. [from 18th c.]
• sap (transitive) To gradually weaken.
• spend To exhaust, to wear out.
• wear out To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion.

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.

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