deplete
/dɪˈplit/ verbe C1En français : vider
- To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something) · The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
- To expend or separate a reactant.
- To reduce the amount of a substance with a medication or medical procedure or due to a illness. · Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
- To use up, exhaust, or consume (power or resources).
- To empty or purge (something of a substance). · The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.· This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
- To clear a compound or solution (of a reactant).
- To clear a mixture of isotopes (of an isotope or isotopes).
- To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed. · I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.· Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
He/she/it depletes · Prétérit depleted · Participe passé depleted · Forme en -ing depleting
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- deplete
- He/she/it
- depletes
- Prétérit
- depleted
- Participe passé
- depleted
- Forme en -ing
- depleting
Dans la bibliothèque
After each meal Marilla carried a well-filled tray to the east gable and brought it down later on not noticeably depleted.
And, as though to add to the daily misery which this prosperous canal inflicted on the unfortunate innkeeper, whose utter ruin it was fast accomplishing, it was situated between the Rhône from which it had its source and the post-road it had depleted, not a hundred steps from the inn, of which we have given a brief but faithful description.
When we are forced to continually evaluate an infinite array of permutations, our finite cognitive resources are rapidly and thoroughly depleted.
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