Depletion - English meaning

noun

The reduction of the force, effect, or value of something.

Usage examples:

Human security required the attenuation of a wide range of threats to people

noun

The process of making something less or weaker

Usage examples:

The airport has undertaken a noise attenuation programme., the drug plays a role in the attenuation…

noun

The process or fact of making something longer and thinner

Usage examples:

The graceful attenuation of a modigliani sculpture

adjective

Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

The watch was a bleeding copy

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

The cut was bleeding steadily

noun

The process of losing blood from the body

Usage examples:

Blood clotting is the body's way to stop bleeding., to stanch/staunch/stem (= stop) the bleeding, s…

noun

The action of using up a resource.

Usage examples:

Industrialized countries should reduce their energy consumption

noun

An amount of something that is used, or the process of using something, esp. so that there is less of it

Usage examples:

Consumption of electricity is always higher during the summer months because of air-conditioning.

noun

The act of using, eating, or drinking something, or the amount that is used, etc.

Usage examples:

Fuel/energy, etc. consumption water transport costs less than road transport, cuts congestion, and …

verb

Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

Usage examples:

The population of the area has decreased radically

noun

An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer.

Usage examples:

A decrease in births

verb

To become smaller or make something less

Usage examples:

[ i ] car sales decreased sharply this year., i haven’t noticed any decrease in ticket sales.

noun

A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.

Usage examples:

A permanent diminution in value

noun

Reduction in size or importance

Usage examples:

Diminution in regular exercise can result in a general diminution in stress levels., the company su…

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

noun

A thing that uses up a particular resource.

Usage examples:

Nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse

adjective

Gradually diminishing in size, amount, or strength.

Usage examples:

Dwindling resources

verb

Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength.

Usage examples:

Traffic has dwindled to a trickle

adjective

Gradually becoming smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number

Usage examples:

She is one of a dwindling number of people who was alive in 1918., in baltimore the city's dwindlin…

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

adjective

(of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity.

Usage examples:

Their promises were empty words

noun

A state of extreme physical or mental tiredness.

Usage examples:

He was pale with exhaustion

noun

The state of being extremely tired

Usage examples:

Murayama was sidelined shortly after his arrival by what aides said was exhaustion.

verb

Spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy).

Usage examples:

The energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas

verb

Present participle of expend

verb

To use or spend time, effort, or money

Usage examples:

You expend so much effort for so little return., expend something on something governments expend a…

noun

The action of spending funds.

Usage examples:

The expenditure of taxpayers' money

noun

An amount of money, time, or effort that is spent

Usage examples:

[ c ] a large expenditure of funds

noun

The total amount of money that an organization or person spends

Usage examples:

Reduce/keep down/cut expenditure we're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down., increase…

noun

The process of becoming poor; loss of wealth.

Usage examples:

Fifteen years of political instability resulted in widespread impoverishment and famine

noun

The condition of being or becoming very poor, or the act of making someone very poor

Usage examples:

The drought reduced many farmers to impoverishment., progress has meant continued impoverishment an…

verb

Make or become less; diminish.

Usage examples:

The years have lessened the gap in age between us

verb

Present participle of lessen

Usage examples:

A healthy diet can lessen the risk of heart disease.

noun

The action of moving someone or something in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

Conditions do not allow the lowering of a rescue boat

adjective

(of the sky) dark and threatening.

Usage examples:

A day of lowering cloud

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

verb

Draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically.

Usage examples:

Two hours later he was up again to milk the cows

noun

An opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.

Usage examples:

A healthy mother will produce enough milk for her baby

verb

Present participle of milk

Usage examples:

Milking a cow by hand is a skilled process., some goats seem to milk (= produce milk) better than o…

noun

The action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Usage examples:

Talks on arms reduction

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Usage examples:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Usage examples:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

verb

Hit with a bludgeon or club.

Usage examples:

It was nice to see someone else get sapped for a change

verb

Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.

Usage examples:

She used her key to open the front door

noun

The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.

Usage examples:

Modern trains are now in use

Put into service