[1432] deplete

[보카길라잡이]

tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes

To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out.

deplete

v : 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" [syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, exhaust, run through, wipe out]

Synonyms: deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, enervate
These verbs all mean to weaken severely by removing something essential.

Deplete refers to using up gradually and only hints at harmful consequences: The campers' food supply was quickly depleted.

Drain suggests gradual drawing off and harm: War often drains a nation's economy.

Exhaust stresses reduction to a point of uselessness: “The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted” (William Ewart Gladstone).

Impoverish refers to severe reduction of resources or essential qualities: “His death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure” (Samuel Johnson).

Enervate refers to weakening or destruction of vitality or strength: Idleness enervates the will to succeed.

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<비교> plet(= fill,full)

replete

adj 1: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" [syn: full, replete(p)]

2: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: instinct(p), replete(p)]

v : fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate, fill]

[마스터현태]

deplete 다 써버리다

[정사랑]

다 써버리다, 고갈시키다

[마루매니아]

de(opposite)+plet(fill) -> 채우다의 반대 -> 소모시키다, 다 써버리다.