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denude

[ dih-nood, -nyood ]

/ dɪˈnud, -ˈnyud /

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verb (used with object), de·nud·ed, de·nud·ing.

to make naked or bare; strip: The storm completely denuded the trees.

Geology. to subject to denudation.

RELATED WORDS

fleece, peel, expose, undress, bare, uncover, disrobe

Nearby words

Origin of denude

1505–15; < Latin dēnūdāre, equivalent to dē- de- + nūdāre to lay bare; see nude

Related formsde·nud·er, nounhalf-de·nud·ed, adjectiveun·de·nud·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for denude

“Privatize” rabbinic courts: “denude” them of legal powers and government budgets.
A Divorce Made in Heaven: Don’t Reform Israel’s State Rabbinate. Shut It Down.|Gershom Gorenberg|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mendicant Order, a religious fraternity, the members of which denude themselves of all private property and live on alms.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood
To assume that the poet had a rival of his own name is to denude both couplets of all point.
A Life of William Shakespeare|Sidney Lee
It had blood in its veins, like man, that a thrust of a knife could make redly gush forth and denude it to death.
Jerry of the Islands|Jack London

She had never forgiven her husband for trying to denude Harry of his birthright.
Notwithstanding|Mary Cholmondeley
Salt, even in quantities large enough to denude the soil of all vegetation, is never permanently injurious.
The Elements of Agriculture|George E. Waring

British Dictionary definitions for denude

denude

/ (dɪˈnjuːd) /

verb (tr)

to divest of covering; make bare; uncover; strip

to expose (rock) by the erosion of the layers above

Derived Formsdenudation (ˌdɛnjʊˈdeɪʃən, ˌdiː-), noundenuder, noun

Word Origin for denude

C16: from Latin dēnūdāre; see nude

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Word Origin and History for denude

denude

v.

early 15c. (implied in denuded), from Middle French dénuder, from Latin denudare "to lay bare, strip; uncover, expose," from de- "away" (see de-) + nudare "to strip," from nudus "naked, bare" (see naked). Related: Denuding.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for denude

denude

[ dĭ-nōōd′ ]

v.

To divest of a covering, as myelin.

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