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de·nude D0138000 (dĭ-no͞od′, -nyo͞od′)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 Indo-European roots).] de′nu·da′tion (dē′no͞o-dā′shən, -nyo͞o-, dĕn′yo͝o-) n.denude (dɪˈnjuːd) vb (tr) 1. to divest of covering; make bare; uncover; strip2. (Geological Science) to expose (rock) by the erosion of the layers above[C16: from Latin dēnūdāre; see nude] denudation, denudement n deˈnuder nde•nude (dɪˈnud, -ˈnyud) v.t. -nud•ed, -nud•ing. 1. to make naked or bare; strip: The storm denuded many trees. 2. to subject (rocks) to denudation. [1505–15; < Latin dēnūdāre=dē- de- + nūdāre to lay bare; see nude] den•u•da•tion (ˌdɛn yʊˈdeɪ ʃən) n. denude Past participle: denuded Gerund: denuding
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I denude | you denude | he/she/it denudes | we denude | you denude | they denude |
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I denuded | you denuded | he/she/it denuded | we denuded | you denuded | they denuded |
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I am denuding | you are denuding | he/she/it is denuding | we are denuding | you are denuding | they are denuding |
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I have denuded | you have denuded | he/she/it has denuded | we have denuded | you have denuded | they have denuded |
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I was denuding | you were denuding | he/she/it was denuding | we were denuding | you were denuding | they were denuding |
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I had denuded | you had denuded | he/she/it had denuded | we had denuded | you had denuded | they had denuded |
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I will denude | you will denude | he/she/it will denude | we will denude | you will denude | they will denude |
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I will have denuded | you will have denuded | he/she/it will have denuded | we will have denuded | you will have denuded | they will have denuded |
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I will be denuding | you will be denuding | he/she/it will be denuding | we will be denuding | you will be denuding | they will be denuding |
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I have been denuding | you have been denuding | he/she/it has been denuding | we have been denuding | you have been denuding | they have been denuding |
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I will have been denuding | you will have been denuding | he/she/it will have been denuding | we will have been denuding | you will have been denuding | they will have been denuding |
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I had been denuding | you had been denuding | he/she/it had been denuding | we had been denuding | you had been denuding | they had been denuding |
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I would denude | you would denude | he/she/it would denude | we would denude | you would denude | they would denude |
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I would have denuded | you would have denuded | he/she/it would have denuded | we would have denuded | you would have denuded | they would have denuded | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | denude - lay bare; "denude a forest" denudate, bare, stripclear - remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"defoliate - strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"burn off - clear land of its vegetation by burning it off |
denudeverb1. strip, expose, bare, uncover, divest, lay bare Many hillsides had been denuded of trees.2. deprive, strip, rob, dispossess, divest, expropriate, despoil, bereave villages denuded of young peopledenudeverbTo make bare:bare, disrobe, divest, expose, strip, uncover.Translationsdenude
denude (someone or something) of (something)To remove something from someone or something. I denuded myself of my wet clothes and got into the shower. It's strange to finally see our walls denuded of wallpaper.See also: denude, ofdenude someone or something of somethingto strip something from someone or something. The prison guards denuded the new prisoner of his garments. The wind denuded the trees of their leaves.See also: denude, ofEncyclopediaSeeDenudationdenude
de·nude (dē'nūd), To perform denudation.de·nude (dē-nūd') To perform denudation. denude
Synonyms for denudeverb stripSynonyms- strip
- expose
- bare
- uncover
- divest
- lay bare
verb depriveSynonyms- deprive
- strip
- rob
- dispossess
- divest
- expropriate
- despoil
- bereave
Synonyms for denudeverb to make bareSynonyms- bare
- disrobe
- divest
- expose
- strip
- uncover
Synonyms for denudeverb lay bareSynonymsRelated Words |