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- Dictionaryde·plete/dəˈplēt/
verb
- 1. use up the supply or resources of: "reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought"
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deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function. drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.
DEPLETE definition: 1. to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money, etc.: 2. to reduce…. Learn more.
To deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your patience.
DEPLETE meaning: 1. to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money, etc.: 2. to reduce…. Learn more.
Deplete definition: to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of. See examples of DEPLETE used in a sentence.
verb. /dɪˈpliːt/ [transitive, usually passive, intransitive] (formal) Verb Forms. deplete (something) to reduce something by a large amount so that there is not enough left; to be reduced by a large amount. Food supplies were severely depleted. Supplies are depleting fast. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Join us.
3 meanings: 1. to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust 2. to empty entirely or partially 3. medicine to.... Click for more definitions.
Verb. Filter. verb. depleted, depletes, depleting. To consume or reduce to a very low amount; use up. Drought that depleted the stores of grain. American Heritage. To make less by gradually using up (resources, funds, strength, etc.) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To remove the contents or important elements of; empty out or exhaust.
DEPLETE definition: to reduce the amount of something, especially a natural supply: . Learn more.
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