deˇplete
deˇplete/dəˈplēt/
verb
use up the supply or resources of.
"reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought"
synonyms: exhaust, use up, consume, expend, spend, drain, empty, sap, milk, suck dry, evacuate, reduce, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, attenuate, slim down, pare down, cut back, bleed, slash
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3 days ago ˇ 1. to empty of a principal substance; The lake was depleted of water. depleting the country of its natural resources. 2. to lessen markedly in quantity, ...
to reduce something in size or amount, esp. supplies, energy, or money: Acid rain depletes the region's fish stocks.
to use most or all of (something important) : to greatly reduce the amount of (something) Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources.
Verb ... (transitive, intransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
deplete in British English ˇ 1. to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust ˇ 2. to empty entirely or partially ˇ 3. medicine.
The earliest known use of the adjective deplete is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for deplete is from 1880, in the writing of Richard Dowling.
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 ...
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb deplete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
verb (used with object). , deˇpletˇed, deˇpletˇing. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest.
3 days ago ˇ Some common synonyms of deplete are bankrupt, drain, exhaust, and impoverish. While all these words mean "to deprive of something essential to ...