depleted (verb)

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• depleted — deplete de‧plete [dɪˈpliːt] verb [transitive] to greatly reduce the amount of something, using up nearly all of it: • Drastic measures will need to be taken if fish stocks in Europe s seas are not to be disastrously depleted. depleted adjective… …   Financial and business terms

• deplete — [[t]dɪpli͟ːt[/t]] depletes, depleting, depleted VERB To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it. [FORMAL] [V n] ...substances that deplete the ozone layer... [V n] They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition... [V …   English dictionary

• run low — verb to be spent or finished The money had gone after a few days Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest • Syn: ↑run short, ↑go • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• wash out — verb Date: 1540 transitive verb 1. to wash free of an extraneous substance (as dirt) 2. a. to cause to fade by or as if by laundering b. to deplete the strength or vitality of c. to eliminate as useless or unsatisfactory ; reject 3. a. to destr …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wash out — verb a) To remove something by washing. That stain will easily wash out. b) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode. The sandcastle was washed out by th …   Wiktionary

• deplete — verb /dɪˈpliːt/ a) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Its reserves have been invaded and depleted. b) To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its… …   Wiktionary

• deplete — verb ADVERB ▪ seriously, severely ▪ Both teams were severely depleted by injuries. ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ completely Deplete is used with these nouns a …   Collocations dictionary

• run — verb (runs, running, ran ran; past participle run) 1》 move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all feet on the ground at the same time.     ↘enter or be entered in a race.     ↘(of hounds) chase or hunt their quarry.     ↘(of a… …   English new terms dictionary

• deplete — verb (transitive usually passive) to reduce the amount of something that is available: Our food reserves had been severely depleted over the winter. depletion /dI pli:SFn/ noun (U): the depletion of the ozone layer …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• deplete — verb the food supply has been depleted Syn: exhaust, use up, consume, expend, drain, empty, milk; reduce, decrease, diminish; slim down, cut back Ant: augment …   Thesaurus of popular words

• supply — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that is supplied ADJECTIVE ▪ total ▪ It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation. ▪ available ▪ endless, inexhaustible …   Collocations dictionary