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verb
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
To expend or separate a reactant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
To reduce the amount of a substance with a medication or medical procedure or due to a illness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
To use up, exhaust, or consume (power or resources).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
To decrease the amount of an isotope (in a mixture of isotopes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: enrich
verb
To empty or purge (something of a substance).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To empty or purge (something of a substance).
To clear a compound or solution (of a reactant).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To empty or purge (something of a substance).
To clear a mixture of isotopes (of an isotope or isotopes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: enrich
verb
To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
To be expended or separated (of a substance).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
To undergo loss of an isotope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
use up (resources or materials)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spend, expend, drop
Narrower terms: run out, drain, indulge, luxuriate, burn off, burn, burn up, spend, run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
History
Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.
Across languages
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
