"deplete" meaning in English

See deplete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈpliːt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-deplete.ogg 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”) 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: 53 47 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. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-deplete-en-verb-rpyLNB8S Disambiguation of Medicine: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: depletion, complete, replete

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989 December 17, Edward Inman, “Disobeying An Order To Piss Lands Transsexual In Isolation”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 5:",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "depletion"
    },
    {
      "word": "complete"
    },
    {
      "word": "replete"
    }
  ],
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The ink depletes too quickly.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The temperature gauge doesn't work and the coolant depletes quickly from the reservoir.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine."
      ],
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          "transitive"
        ],
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          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
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          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "unload",
          "unload"
        ],
        [
          "vessels",
          "vessels"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1989 December 17, Edward Inman, “Disobeying An Order To Piss Lands Transsexual In Isolation”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 5:",
          "text": "He said that if I could not urinate within the next few hours I would be charged with refusing to comply with an order and be punished. In spite of my inability to eat much due to my depleted physical condition, I drank as much as I could and still was unable to urinate within the prescribed time.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, John Zerzan, Silence:",
          "text": "Its reserves have been invaded and depleted.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 25, L. J. Shrum, Elena Fumagalli, Tina M. Lowrey, “Coping with loneliness through consumption”, in Journal of Consumer Psychology, volume 33, number 2, →DOI, pages 441–465:",
          "text": "Constant vigilance for social threats and the negative emotions it produces (e.g., anxiety) deplete self-regulatory resources.",
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        }
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        "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."
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          "reduce",
          "reduce"
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          "exhaust",
          "exhaust"
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        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-iːt"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izprazvam",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "изпразвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izčerpvam",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "изчерпвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "làng-khang",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "弄空"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hàojié",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "耗竭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàngxuè",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "放血"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "leegmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "opruimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "afbreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "tyhjetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "kulua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "tyhjentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "kuluttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "vider"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "leeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "empty or unload",
      "word": "räumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "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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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": proizvodítʹ krovopuskánije vs. bloodletting",
  "path": [
    "deplete"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "deplete",
  "trace": ""
}

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