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# depleted

«depleted» in Mova's school dictionary: **not much left; used up: «depleted supplies»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (depleted); past form of the verb deplete (deplete, depletes, depleted, depleting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Reduced in amount so that there is not much left; used up: «depleted supplies». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#m1)

2) (sport) Weakened because many members are missing: «a depleted team». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#m2)

3) (science) With part of something removed: «ozone-depleted», «depleted soil». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: depleted fish stocks, depleted soil, depleted water in a reservoir, the depleted ozone layer — showing harm to nature and why conservation matters. In sport news: a depleted squad because of injuries. In everyday life: depleted energy after a long day. Phrases: «badly depleted», «depleted stocks», «depleted supplies».

### examples

- After the party, our snack supplies were badly depleted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#x1)
- The fish in the sea are depleted because of overfishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#x2)
- A depleted team still managed to win the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#x3)
- Farmers rest the land so the soil is not depleted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#x4)
- By the end of the camp, our water was depleted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#x5)
- I felt depleted after the long swimming race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/#x6)

### note

Regular verb «deplete». Noun: «depletion». Formal; in speech say «used up», «running low». Do not confuse with «completed». In maths problems, «depleted by 20 litres» means 20 litres less than before.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «depleted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depleted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.