to make empty
→
to exhaust, make tired
2 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | exhaust | |
| meaning 1 | to make empty | to exhaust a well |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy | The marathon exhausted me. |
| reference | English Wiktionary NBARS | |
| comment | From Latin exhaurio, exhaurīre 'to draw out, empty by drawing, deplete' | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | épuiser | |
| meaning 1 | to make empty | épuiser une citerne to empty a tank |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to exhaust, make tired | Cet enfant m'épuise avec ses questions. This kid is wearing me out with all his questions. |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||