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deplete
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
depletes; depleted; depleting
depletes; depleted; depleting
Learner's definition of DEPLETE
[+ object]
: to use most or all of (something important) : to greatly reduce the amount of (something)耗尽；大大减少 — often used as (be) depleted常用作(be) depleted
- Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources.伐木、采矿等活动大大消耗了我们的自然资源。
- We completely depleted our life savings when we bought our new house.我们买完新房后一生的积蓄就全用光了。
- The soil has been depleted by years of drought.连年干旱使土壤耗尽了养分。
- lakes and rivers that are depleted of fish鱼类大量减少的湖泊和河流
- depleted soil贫瘠的土壤
- the country's badly depleted resources国家严重枯竭的资源
Did you know?
The de- prefix often means "do the opposite of", so deplete means the opposite of "fill". Thus, for example, a kitchen's food supplies can be rapidly depleted by hungry teenagers. But deplete often suggests something more serious. Desertions can deplete an army; layoffs can deplete an office staff; and too much time in bed can rapidly deplete your muscular strength.
Example Sentences
Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources. We completely depleted our life savings when we bought our new house.
Recent Examples on the Web Despite the fact that attrition would pretty quickly deplete those numbers, any, any expense that needs to be sustained at that high level with payrolls and training. 
Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 June 2022 Dust storms also damage crops and deplete fertile soil. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Paying unemployment benefits during strikes would deplete the trust fund that’s been tapped during the pandemic and would stunt Connecticut’s slow-growth economy, Republican senators said. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2022 Prematurely acquiring premiere talent would deplete the value of that pick, hindering the team's long term ceiling. Rahat Huq, Chron, 5 Sep. 2022 Once in the stratosphere, the researchers said, continued heating can cause changes in ozone through changes in atmospheric circulation, and chemical reactions on the surface of the smoke particles can deplete the ozone layer. Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 While fossil fuels are a finite resource that grow scarce and more difficult to extract over time, increasing costs, wind and solar installations, although still dependent on mineral extraction, don’t deplete in the same way. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 Published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, their study found yet another route by which rocketry could deplete ozone and exacerbate climate change. Leonard David, Scientific American, 29 July 2022 Decades-high inflation is also feeding recession fears as consumers begin to deplete their pandemic-era savings, roiling markets and generating questions about how long the economic recovery can last. Julia Horowitz, CNN, 30 June 2022 See More
Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 June 2022 Dust storms also damage crops and deplete fertile soil. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Paying unemployment benefits during strikes would deplete the trust fund that’s been tapped during the pandemic and would stunt Connecticut’s slow-growth economy, Republican senators said. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2022 Prematurely acquiring premiere talent would deplete the value of that pick, hindering the team's long term ceiling. Rahat Huq, Chron, 5 Sep. 2022 Once in the stratosphere, the researchers said, continued heating can cause changes in ozone through changes in atmospheric circulation, and chemical reactions on the surface of the smoke particles can deplete the ozone layer. Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 While fossil fuels are a finite resource that grow scarce and more difficult to extract over time, increasing costs, wind and solar installations, although still dependent on mineral extraction, don’t deplete in the same way. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 Published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, their study found yet another route by which rocketry could deplete ozone and exacerbate climate change. Leonard David, Scientific American, 29 July 2022 Decades-high inflation is also feeding recession fears as consumers begin to deplete their pandemic-era savings, roiling markets and generating questions about how long the economic recovery can last. Julia Horowitz, CNN, 30 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin dēplētus, past participle of dēplēre "to drain, draw off, empty out," from dē- de- + plērē "to fill" — more at full entry 1
First Known Use
1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of deplete was in 1807 verb
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