Exhaustion - English meaning

noun

Abnormal physical weakness or lack of energy.

Usage examples:

The asthenia of chronic respiratory disease

noun

The action of using up a resource.

Usage examples:

Industrialized countries should reduce their energy consumption

noun

An amount of something that is used, or the process of using something, esp. so that there is less of it

Usage examples:

Consumption of electricity is always higher during the summer months because of air-conditioning.

noun

The act of using, eating, or drinking something, or the amount that is used, etc.

Usage examples:

Fuel/energy, etc. consumption water transport costs less than road transport, cuts congestion, and …

noun

Physical weakness, especially as a result of illness.

Usage examples:

Most of the cases presented with general debility, muscle weakness, and weight loss

noun

Reduction in the number or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

The depletion of the ozone layer

noun

A reduction in something, or the act of reducing it

Usage examples:

Increased expenditure has caused a depletion in capital., when stock markets crashed the life funds…

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

noun

A thing that uses up a particular resource.

Usage examples:

Nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

adjective

(of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity.

Usage examples:

Their promises were empty words

noun

A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.

Usage examples:

A sense of enervation

noun

The action of spending funds.

Usage examples:

The expenditure of taxpayers' money

noun

An amount of money, time, or effort that is spent

Usage examples:

[ c ] a large expenditure of funds

noun

The total amount of money that an organization or person spends

Usage examples:

Reduce/keep down/cut expenditure we're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down., increase…

noun

The quality of not being strong or clear

Usage examples:

The faintness of the handwriting made the manuscript difficult to read., faintness and morning sick…

noun

Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.

Usage examples:

He was nearly dead with fatigue

verb

Cause (someone) to feel exhausted.

Usage examples:

They were fatigued by their journey

noun

The condition of being extremely tired

Usage examples:

The doctor said he was suffering from fatigue and work-related stress.

noun

Exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment.

Usage examples:

The members of the rear party died of inanition

noun

A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.

Usage examples:

She was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed

noun

Physical or mental tiredness

Usage examples:

Shareholders are blaming the company's problems on the lassitude of the ceo.

noun

The action of lying stretched out on the ground.

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Usage examples:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Usage examples:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

verb

Hit with a bludgeon or club.

Usage examples:

It was nice to see someone else get sapped for a change

noun

Extreme tiredness; fatigue.

Usage examples:

He began to feel weariness

noun

Great tiredness

Usage examples:

She knew she should keep running, but intense fatigue and weariness overtook her., 30 hours or more…