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deplete
de·plete D0142700 (dĭ-plēt′)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.
[Latin dēplēre, dēplēt-, to empty : dē-, de- + plēre, to fill; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
de·plet′a·ble adj.Synonyms: deplete, drain, exhaust, sap1
These verbs mean to use up something important that is hard to replace. Deplete refers to gradually consuming something essential: Medical bills quickly depleted our savings. To drain is to draw down a resource or supply to a critical level: War often drains a nation's economy. Exhaust stresses depletion to a point of emptiness or uselessness: "The Depression had exhausted the capacity of private charities and state and local governments to cope with the needs of millions of unemployed Americans" (Patrick Maney).
Sap suggests a slow loss of something vital: "The [ivory] trade certainly sapped labor from farming and disrupted village life" (Eric Scigliano).deplete (dɪˈpliːt) vb (tr) 1. to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust2. to empty entirely or partially3. (Medicine) med to empty or reduce the fluid contents of (an organ or vessel)[C19: from Latin dēplēre to empty out, from de- + plēre to fill] deˈpletable adj deˈpletion n deˈpletive, deˈpletory adjde•plete (dɪˈplit)
v.t. -plet•ed, -plet•ing. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of. [1800–10; < Latin dēplētus empty, past participle of dēplēre to empty out] de•ple′tion, n. de•ple′tive, adj. deplete
Past participle: depleted
Gerund: depleting
| Present |
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| I deplete | | you deplete | | he/she/it depletes | | we deplete | | you deplete | | they deplete |
| Preterite |
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| I depleted | | you depleted | | he/she/it depleted | | we depleted | | you depleted | | they depleted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am depleting | | you are depleting | | he/she/it is depleting | | we are depleting | | you are depleting | | they are depleting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have depleted | | you have depleted | | he/she/it has depleted | | we have depleted | | you have depleted | | they have depleted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was depleting | | you were depleting | | he/she/it was depleting | | we were depleting | | you were depleting | | they were depleting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had depleted | | you had depleted | | he/she/it had depleted | | we had depleted | | you had depleted | | they had depleted |
| Future |
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| I will deplete | | you will deplete | | he/she/it will deplete | | we will deplete | | you will deplete | | they will deplete |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have depleted | | you will have depleted | | he/she/it will have depleted | | we will have depleted | | you will have depleted | | they will have depleted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be depleting | | you will be depleting | | he/she/it will be depleting | | we will be depleting | | you will be depleting | | they will be depleting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been depleting | | you have been depleting | | he/she/it has been depleting | | we have been depleting | | you have been depleting | | they have been depleting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been depleting | | you will have been depleting | | he/she/it will have been depleting | | we will have been depleting | | you will have been depleting | | they will have been depleting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been depleting | | you had been depleting | | he/she/it had been depleting | | we had been depleting | | you had been depleting | | they had been depleting |
| Conditional |
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| I would deplete | | you would deplete | | he/she/it would deplete | | we would deplete | | you would deplete | | they would deplete |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have depleted | | you would have depleted | | he/she/it would have depleted | | we would have depleted | | you would have depleted | | they would have depleted |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | deplete - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eatrun out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"burn off, burn up, burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"take, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"play out, sap, tire, exhaust, run down - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" |
depleteverb use up, reduce, drain, exhaust, consume, empty, decrease, evacuate, lessen, impoverish, expend substances that deplete the ozone layer
increase, raise, expand, add to, enhance, swell, step up (informal), augmentdepleteverb1. To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential:drain, exhaust, impoverish, sap, use up.2. To make or become no longer active or productive:desiccate, dry up, give out, play out, run out.Translationsdeplete (diˈpliːt) verb to make smaller in amount, number etc. Our supplies of food are rather depleted. 使大為減少 使耗尽，使 ... 空竭 deˈpletion noun 大為減少 耗尽deplete
deplete (something) of (something)To use all of a resource from an available supply. The rainforest will be depleted of trees if our generation doesn't take action now.See also: deplete, ofdeplete something of somethingto use up all of a certain thing that something has. They will deplete the soil of its nutrients by planting the same crop over and over.See also: deplete, ofEncyclopediaSeedepletiondeplete
deplete (dē-plēt′) [L. depletus, emptied] To empty; to produce depletion.deplete
Synonyms for depleteverb use upSynonyms- use up
- reduce
- drain
- exhaust
- consume
- empty
- decrease
- evacuate
- lessen
- impoverish
- expend
Antonyms- increase
- raise
- expand
- add to
- enhance
- swell
- step up
- augment
Synonyms for depleteverb to lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essentialSynonyms- drain
- exhaust
- impoverish
- sap
- use up
verb to make or become no longer active or productiveSynonyms- desiccate
- dry up
- give out
- play out
- run out
Synonyms for depleteverb use up (resources or materials)Synonyms- use up
- wipe out
- eat up
- exhaust
- run through
- consume
- eat
Related Words- run out
- drain
- luxuriate
- indulge
- burn off
- burn up
- burn
- expend
- spend
- drop
- take
- use up
- occupy
- play out
- sap
- tire
- exhaust
- run down
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