figurative. To dry up the springs of; to exhaust (one's credit). Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > use up completely or exhaust (14) stanch1338 figurative. To dry up the springs of; to exhaust (one's credit). Obsolete. exhaust1541 To use up completely (either a material or immaterial thing); to expend the whole of; to consume entirely. soak1577 To drain, exhaust, impoverish. Also to soak dryor up. Obsolete. tire1589 figurative. To exhaust (another's patience, bounty, efforts, etc.); to wear out, spend (time) (obsolete). to suck dry1592 to suck dry, to extract all the moisture or liquid out of by suction; figurative, to exhaust. to run away with1622 intransitive. to run away with. To consume, use up, exhaust (a resource, esp. money), esp. at an unexpectedly rapid rate. exantlate1660 To waste away, spend, exhaust. Also reflexive. to spin out1718 To bring to an end; to consume or exhaust. Chiefly reflexive or in passive. rack1778 Senses relating to rack rent, n. rack-rent, v. Now archaic and historical. transitive. To exhaust, wear out (land, property, etc.) by excessive use… overteem1818 intransitive. To teem excessively (with people, substances, etc.); to be excessively productive or fertile. deplete1850 transitive. To reduce the fullness of; to deprive of contents or supplies; to empty out, exhaust. to stream out1894 to stream out: to exhaust by unrestricted flow. Also figurative. Subcategories:— gradually (1) — in a blaze of passion or excess (1) |
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