Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - deplete
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Deplete
deplete
(depletes, depleting, depleted) To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it. (FORMAL) ...substances that deplete the ozone layer... VERB: V n • depleted ...Robert E. Lee’s worn and depleted army. ADJ • depletion ...the depletion of underground water supplies. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
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1.
transitive verb (~d; depleting) Etymology: Latin depletus, past participle of deplere, from de- + plere to fill — more at full Date: 1807 1. to empty of a principal substance 2. to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value • depletable adjective • ~r noun • depletion noun • depletive adjective Synonyms: ~, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. ~ implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function depleting our natural resources. drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit. exhaust stresses a complete emptying her lecture exhausted the subject. impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness impoverished soil. bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse war had bankrupted the nation of resources. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (esp. in passive) 1 reduce in numbers or quantity (depleted forces). 2 empty out; exhaust (their energies were depleted). Derivatives depletion n. Etymology: L deplere (as DE-, plere plet- fill) DEPLORABLE adj. 1 exceedingly bad (a deplorable meal). 2 that can be deplored. Derivatives deplorably adv. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. истощать, исчерпывать (запас); опустошать 2. образ. обескровливать to deplete one's resources —- исчерпать ресурсы to deplete the world's natural wealth —- истощать природные богатства земли to deplete one's strength —- истощить (подорвать) силы to deplete one's pocket —- разориться to deplete a garrison of troops —- сократить численность гарнизона 3. спец. обеднять (носителями) 4. мед. очищать кишечник; производить кровопускание, пускать кровь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) истощать, исчерпывать (запас, силы и т.п.); опорожнять; fig. обескровливать - depleted strength 2) med. очищать кишечник 3) med. производить кровопускание Syn: see weaken ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v T usually passive to reduce the amount of something that is available (Our food reserves had been severely depleted over the winter.) - depletion n (the depletion of the ozone layer) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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