Deplete (Verb)
Meaning
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The company's factory consumes thousands of liters of water daily and is starting to deplete the local groundwater supply.
- The farmer worried that he would deplete the fertilizer reserves if he continued to use the same amount for the next harvest season.
- By traveling the world for an entire year, she depleted her savings but experienced a lifetime of memories.
- In winter months, the family tends to deplete its woodpile faster, necessitating a sooner-than-expected restocking.
- If we do not ration our supplies, we risk depleting our emergency food stock within the next few weeks.