| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken |
Antonyms: |
add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
Synonyms: |
absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store |
| Main Entry: | desiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen |
Antonyms: |
moisten, moisturize, wet |
| Main Entry: | dissipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expend, spend |
Synonyms: |
be wasteful with, blow*, burn up, consume, deplete, dump*, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, trifle away, use up, waste |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove liquid; remove supply |
Synonyms: |
abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, filter off, finish, free from, get last drop, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
fill, pour |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
anhydrate, bake, blot, concentrate, condense, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, freeze-dry, harden, kiln, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, soak up, sponge, stale, swab, torrefy, towel, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen |
Antonyms: |
dampen, soak, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove contents |
Synonyms: |
clear, consume, decant, deplete, discharge, disgorge, drain, drink, dump, ebb, eject, escape, evacuate, exhaust, expel, flow out, gut, leak, leave, make void, pour out, purge, release, run out, rush out, tap, unburden, unload, use up, vacate, void |
Antonyms: |
fill |
| Main Entry: | enfeeble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very weak |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, blunt, cripple, debilitate, deplete, devitalize, diminish, disable, exhaust, fatigue, incapacitate, sap, undermine, unhinge, unnerve, weaken, wear out |
Antonyms: |
strengthen |
| Main Entry: | exhaust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, use up |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bleed dry, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up, empty, expend, finish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, suck dry, take last of, void, wash up, waste |
Antonyms: |
refresh, replenish |