deplete

/dɪˈplit/

/dɪˈplit/

Other forms: depleted; depleting; depletes

To deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your patience.

The verb deplete is used like “to drain.” A long, exhausting day can deplete your body of energy and a summer drought can deplete a region’s water supply. If you deplete your body of hydration after a lot of exercise, be sure to replete yourself with a nice glass of water.

Definitions of deplete

1. verb

   use up (resources or materials)
   synonyms: consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

   occupy, take, use up

   require (time or space)

   types:

   run out

   exhaust the supply of

   drain

   deplete of resources

   indulge, luxuriate

   enjoy to excess

   burn, burn off, burn up

   use up (energy)

   spend

   spend completely

   exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire

   deplete

   surfeit

   indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

   overspend

   spend more than available of (a budget)

   underspend

   spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)

   type of:

   drop, expend, spend

   pay out