replenish
part of speech
verb (replenish, replenishes, replenished, replenishing)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) To replenish something is to fill it up again or bring it back to the amount it was before. tree →
2) To replenish your energy is to rest, eat or drink so you feel strong again. tree →
sense in the lessons
A formal word from exams and science: plants replenish oxygen, rain replenishes rivers and reservoirs, shops replenish stock. Phrases: «replenish supplies», «replenish stocks», «replenish your water».
examples
- The rain replenished the reservoir. tree →
- Drink water to replenish what you lost through sweat. tree →
- The shop replenishes its shelves each night. tree →
- The class replenished the stock of pencils. tree →
- Hikers stopped to replenish their water bottles. tree →
- The tank had 20 litres; we replenished it with 30 litres, making 50 litres. tree →
- Observing in the course of their simple repast that the wine bowl was miraculously replenished, the aged couple became convinced of the divine nature of their guests. tree →
note
Formal; in everyday talk «fill up», «top up», «restock». In maths, replenishing means adding back, so it is addition.
In the corpora
- And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished.
Trees and pragmatics
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