истощать — meaning in English
istoshchat
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English meaning
- drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
- exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
- sap noun The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying nutrients.
- tax noun Money that a government requires people or businesses to pay, used to fund public services.
- unnerve verb To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.
Senses
истощать is used for these senses in English:
- drain (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
- emaciate (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
- exhaust (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
- exhaust (transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.
- sap (transitive) To gradually weaken.
- tax (transitive) To make excessive demands on.
drain — full definition
- noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
- verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
- verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
- noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.
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.