present participle of dep

plural of dep.

(informal) sensory deprivation

(informal) sleep deprivation

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

(transitive) To lay down; to place; to put. / To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store. / To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.

(transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of. / (intransitive) To decline in value over time. / (transitive) To belittle or disparage.

(literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away. / (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.

Relying upon; depending upon. / (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

(US) One who relies on another for support / (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.