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replenish

/ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/

replenish verb: to refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.

Verb

replenish (third-person singular simple present replenishes, present participle replenishing, simple past and past participle replenished)

  1. (transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
    • It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently.
    • This [tank wagon] has been equipped by the Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer's staff with a motor-driven pump and arrangements both for delivering fuel to the trains and for replenishing its own supply from tank wagons which are brought to the depot every three days.1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662
    Synonyms:
    refresh
  2. (archaic, transitive) To fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
    • […] and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:28
    • After the waters had swept over the abode of Adam's race, it became the mission of Noah's family, consisting of eight persons, to replenish, or colonize, the earth with their descendants.1874, Dominick M'causland, The Builders of Babel, page 11
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
    • We smothered the most replenished sweet work of nature.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

replenish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

replenish in Hindi

पुनःपूर्ति करना

replenish in Tamil

திரும்பி நிறைவு செய்

replenish in Urdu

دوبارہ بھرنا

replenish in Bengali

পুনরায় ভরাট করা, পূর্ণ করা
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replenish in Telugu
తిరిగి నింపుటకు
replenish in Malayalam
വീണ്ടും നിറയ്ക്കുക, പുനഃപൂരിപ്പിക്കുക, കുറവു നികത്തുക
replenish in Kannada
ಮತ್ತೆ ತುಂಬು, ಪುನಃ ಭರ್ತಿ ಮಾಡು, ಬದಲಿ ಅಲಂಕರಣ ಮಾಡು, ಬದಲಿ ವಸ್ತುಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬು
replenish in Punjabi
ਦੁਬਾਰਾ ਭਰਨ ਲਈ, ਮੁਡ਼ ਭਰਨ ਲਈ, ਮੁਡ਼-ਭਰਨ ਲਈ
replenish in Vietnamese
bổ sung

Examples of replenish in a sentence

  • The local blood drive will replenish the area's blood supply.
  • I can't justify spending that much money on a meal, but YWMV since your recent inheritance has replenished your checking account.
  • The crate of supplies soft-landed in the drop zone under its parachute, allowing the soldiers to replenish their food and ammo for the next few days of fighting.

All 22 example sentences with replenish

Synonyms of replenish

Antonyms

Forms of replenish

third-person singular presentreplenishes
present participlereplenishing
past participlereplenished
pastreplenished

Past tense of replenish: replenished

Origin of replenish

From Middle English replenisshen, borrowed from Old French repleniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of replenir, from re- + plenir, from plein, from Latin plenus.

Words formed from replenish

Questions about replenish

What does replenish mean?
Replenish means to refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
What is replenish in Hindi?
Replenish in Hindi is पुनःपूर्ति करना. See Replenish meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is replenish?
Replenish is a verb.
How do you pronounce replenish?
Replenish is pronounced /ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/.
What is the past tense of replenish?
The past tense of replenish is replenished.

Words near replenish in the dictionary

  1. repledged
  2. repledger
  3. repledgers
  4. repledges
  5. repledging
  6. replenish
  7. replenishable
  8. replenished
  9. replenisher
  10. replenishers
  11. replenishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: replenish (page history and authors); replenish (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); replenish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replenish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replenish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replenish (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); replenish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replenish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); replenish (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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