deplete

Definition of Deplete in English :

Verb

1. consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

use up (resources or materials)

Example Sentences:
'this car consumes a lot of gas'
'We exhausted our savings'
'They run through 20 bottles of wine a week'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Deplete

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verb (transitive)

1.

to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust

2.

to empty entirely or partially

3. medicine

to empty or reduce the fluid contents of (an organ or vessel)

Deplete

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verb transitiveWord forms: deˈpleted or deˈpleting

1.

a.

to make less by gradually using up (resources, funds, strength, etc.)

b.

to use up gradually the resources, strength, etc. of

2.

to empty wholly or partly

Deplete

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tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes

1. To consume or reduce to a very low amount; use up: drought that depleted the stores of grain.

2. To remove the contents or important elements of; empty out or exhaust: overfishing that depleted the lake of trout; farming practices that depleted the soil of nutrients.

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