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- Dictionarydeplete/dɪˈpliːt/
verb
- 1. use up the supply or resources of: "reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought"
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The meaning of DEPLETE is to empty of a principal substance. How to use deplete in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Deplete.
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. The verb deplete is used like “to drain.”.
Deplete definition: to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of. See examples of DEPLETE used in a sentence.
to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money, etc.: If we continue to deplete the earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment. The illness depletes the body of important vitamins.
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.
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.
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.
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.
