deplete
Meaning of deplete
verb
- use up the supply or resources of.
reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought
Mansfield started the game with a depleted side
early 19th century (earlier (mid. 17th century) as depletion ): from Latin deplet- ‘emptied out’, from the verb deplere, from de- (expressing reversal) + plere ‘fill’ (from plenus ‘full’).
Information about deplete
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of deplete is: depletes.
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Hyphenation of deplete
de-plete
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- deplete is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
deplete synonyms
Meaning consume:
Meaning spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy):
Meaning use or give out the whole of; exhaust:
Meaning cause (a valuable resource) to be lost or used up:
Meaning remove (the contents) from a container:
Meaning gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power):
Meaning draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically:
Meaning remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:
Meaning make or become less:
Meaning make or become less; diminish:
Meaning less high in position:
Meaning reduce the force, effect, or value of:
Meaning drain (someone) of money or resources:
Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
deplete antonyms
Meaning make (something) greater by adding to it; increase:
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Translation of deplete
Words that rhyme with deplete
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