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# exhausted

adjective (exhausted); also the past form of «exhaust» (exhaust, exhausts, exhausted, exhausting)

«exhausted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Exhausted means extremely tired, with no energy left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#m1)
2. Exhausted means completely used up, so none is left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PE and health lessons, people feel exhausted after hard exercise or too little sleep, and need rest, food and water. In stories, an exhausted character is worn out after a journey or a fight. In science and geography, resources can be exhausted. Phrases: «completely exhausted», «exhausted all the ideas».

### Examples

- After the cross-country run we were exhausted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#x1)
- The exhausted puppy fell asleep at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#x2)
- She was exhausted after staying up so late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#x3)
- The explorers were cold, hungry and exhausted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#x4)
- We have exhausted our supply of paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#x5)
- He had exhausted every idea and still couldn't solve it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#x6)
- Sick and exhausted, he reached home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/#x7)

### Note

Stronger than «tired»: so do not say «very exhausted»; say «completely exhausted». «Exhausting» = making you exhausted. The «h» is silent: «ig-ZOR-stid». In a maths problem, «the supply was exhausted» means the amount left is zero.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exhausted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhausted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exhausted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exhausted.html) on Mova free.