consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deplete (third-person singular simple present depletes, present participle depleting, simple past and past participle depleted)
To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
• replenish
Source: Wiktionary
De*plete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depleting.] Etym: [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Copland.
2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. Saturday Review.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
