Meaning of DEPLETE
| Pronunciation: | | di'pleet
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| | Definition: | | [v] use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
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| | Synonyms: | | consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out |
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| | See Also: | | burn, burn off, burn up, drain, drop, expend, indulge, luxuriate, play out, run down, run out, sap, spend, tire | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depleted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depleting}.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- +
plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See {Fill},
{Full}, a.]
1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system,
by bloodletting or by medicine. --Copland.
2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of;
to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a
treasury of money, etc. --Saturday Review.
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| | Related Terms: | | ablate, absorb, assimilate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed white, blow, blow out, burn up, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, consume, cripple, debilitate, decrease, defecate, depreciate, dig into, digest, diminish, disable, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, draw, draw down, draw off, dribble away, dry up, eat, eat up, eliminate, empty, empty out, enfeeble, erode, evacuate, exhaust, expend, finish, finish off, gobble, gobble up, impoverish, ingest, lessen, milk, purge, reduce, remove, sap, scour out, shrink, spend, squander, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, sweep out, unclog, undermine, unfoul, use up, vent, void, wash up, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away |
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