"deplete" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈpliːt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-deplete.ogg [US] Forms: depletes [present, singular, third-person], depleting [participle, present], depleted [participle, past], depleted [past]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}, {{bor|en|la|dēplētus||empty}} Latin dēplētus (“empty”), {{m|la|depleō}} depleō Head templates: {{en-verb}} deplete (third-person singular simple present depletes, present participle depleting, simple past and past participle depleted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (empty or unload): изпразвам (izprazvam) (Bulgarian), изчерпвам (izčerpvam) (Bulgarian), 弄空 (làng-khang) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 耗竭 (hàojié) (Chinese Mandarin), 放血 (fàngxuè) (Chinese Mandarin), leegmaken (Dutch), opruimen (Dutch), afbreken (Dutch), tyhjetä (Finnish), kulua [intransitive] (Finnish), tyhjentää (Finnish), kuluttaa [transitive] (Finnish), vider (French), leeren (German), räumen (German), aufbrauchen (German), εκκενώνω (ekkenóno) (Greek), αδειάζω (adeiázo) (Greek), kiürít (Hungarian), menguras (Indonesian), mengosongkan (Indonesian), depler (Interlingua), exhauriō (Latin), manala (Malagasy), agotar (Occitan), amermar (Occitan), amenir (Occitan), demesir (Occitan), mermar (Occitan), voidar (Occitan), exaurir (Portuguese), esgotar (Portuguese), esvaziar (Portuguese), очища́ть (očiščátʹ) (alt: кише́чник) (Russian), производи́ть кровопуска́ние (bloodletting) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deplete-en-verb-IJReN9tw Disambiguation of Medicine: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'empty or unload': 92 8
  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.
    Sense id: en-deplete-en-verb-rpyLNB8S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: depletive, depletory Related terms: depletion, complete, replete

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "aufbrauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekkenóno",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "εκκενώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adeiázo",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "αδειάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "kiürít"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "menguras"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "mengosongkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "depler"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "exhauriō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "manala"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "agotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "amermar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "amenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "demesir"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "mermar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "voidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "exaurir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "esgotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "esvaziar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "кише́чник",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očiščátʹ",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "очища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bloodletting",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "производи́ть кровопуска́ние"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deplete"
}

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