English Explanatory Dictionary

deplete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
  2. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
  3. To expend or separate a reactant.
  4. To reduce the amount of a substance with a medication or medical procedure or due to a illness.
  5. To use up, exhaust, or consume (power or resources).
  6. To decrease the amount of an isotope (in a mixture of isotopes).
  7. To empty or purge (something of a substance).
  8. To clear a compound or solution (of a reactant).
  9. To clear a mixture of isotopes (of an isotope or isotopes).
  10. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
  11. To be expended or separated (of a substance).
  12. To undergo loss of an isotope.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈpliːt/ /dɪˈplit/ /diˈplit/ /dəˈplit/ en-us-deplete.ogg

Word forms

deplete depletes depleting depleted

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.

Antonyms

replenish enrich

Related words

depletion complete replete

Derived words

depletable depletant depleter depletive depletome depletory hemodepleting immunodeplete immunodepleting lymphodeplete nondepleting ribodeplete

Translations

Bulgarian: изпразвам Bulgarian: изчерпвам Chinese: 弄空 Chinese Mandarin: 耗竭 Chinese Mandarin: 放血 Dutch: leegmaken Dutch: opruimen Dutch: afbreken Finnish: tyhjetä Finnish: kulua Finnish: tyhjentää Finnish: kuluttaa French: vider German: leeren German: räumen German: aufbrauchen Greek: εκκενώνω Greek: αδειάζω Hungarian: kiürít Indonesian: menguras Indonesian: mengosongkan Interlingua: depler Latin: exhauriō Malagasy: manala Occitan: agotar Occitan: amermar Occitan: amenir Occitan: demesir Occitan: mermar Occitan: voidar Portuguese: exaurir Portuguese: esgotar Portuguese: esvaziar Russian: очища́ть Russian: производи́ть кровопуска́ние Spanish: depletar Spanish: mermar Spanish: agotar Spanish: depletear Spanish: deplecionar
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