different between exhaust vs forestall

English

Etymology

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaur?re (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haur?re (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z??st/
• Rhymes: -??st

Verb

exhaust (third-person singular simple present exhausts, present participle exhausting, simple past and past participle exhausted)

1. (transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely

2. (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents

3. (transitive, figuratively) To drain; to use up or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end

4. (transitive) to tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy
5. (transitive) To bring out or develop completely
6. (transitive) to discuss thoroughly or completely

7. (transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives

Synonyms

• spend, consume
• tire out, weary
• See also Thesaurus:fatigue

Related terms

• exhausted
• exhausting
• exhaustion
• exhaustive
• exhaustible

Translations

Noun

exhaust (plural exhausts)

1. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
2. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
3. The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
4. An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
5. exhaust gas.

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Gulf Arabic: ?????? (igz?z)
• ? Hebrew: ????????? (egzóz)
• ? Persian: ??????

Adjective

exhaust (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Exhausted; used up.

Further reading

• exhaust in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exhaust in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• exhaust at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exhaustus.

Adjective

exhaust (feminine exhausta, masculine plural exhausts or exhaustos, feminine plural exhaustes)

1. out of (no longer in possession of)
2. exhausted

Related terms

• exhaurir
• exhaustió
• exhaustiu

Further reading

• “exhaust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exhaust” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “exhaust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exhaust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from forestalle (“a forestalling, interception”), from Old English foresteall (“intervention, hindrance of justice, ambush”), from fore- (“ahead of, before”) + steall (“position”), equivalent to fore- +? stall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??(?)?st??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Verb

forestall (third-person singular simple present forestalls, present participle forestalling, simple past and past participle forestalled)

1. (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

   Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.

2. (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.

   In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.

3. (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
4. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 26

     She insisted on doing her share of the offices needful to the sick. She arranged his bed so that it was possible to change the sheet without disturbing him. She washed him. […] She did not speak to him much, but she was quick to forestall his wants.

5. To deprive (with of).
6. (Britain, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• forestaller
• forestalment
• forestallment

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English forstal, from Old English foresteall (“an intervention, hindrance (of justice), ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, fine for such an offence, resistance, opposition”), equivalent to fore- +? stall.

Alternative forms

• foresteal, forsteal, forestal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??(?).st??l/

Noun

forestall (plural forestalls)

1. (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
2. Something situated or placed in front.

Anagrams

• fellators