impoverish
🇺🇸
/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/
🇬🇧
/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/
verb
R
to cause someone to not have enough money or resources
Losing her job could impoverish her entire family.
R
to reduce the quality or value of something
Bad farming practices can impoverish the soil.
translation
to cause someone to not have enough money or resources; to reduce the quality or value of something
Word Forms
3rd Present
impoverishes
Past
impoverished
Perfect
impoverished
Progressive
impoverishing