de·nude 
(dĭ-nd, -nyd)
(dĭ-nd, -nyd)tr.v. de·nud·ed, de·nud·ing, de·nudes
1. To divest of covering; make bare.
2. Geology To expose (rock strata) by erosion.
[Latin dēnūdāre : dē-, de- + nūdāre, to make bare (from nūdus, nude; see nogw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
de′nu·dation (dē′n-dāshən, -ny-, dĕn′y-) n.