Denude
[dɪ'njuːd] or [dɪ'nud]
Definition
(v. t.) To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.
Typist: Sanford
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Strip, divest, make bare, make naked.
Edited by Caleb
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Strip, divest, bare, spoil
ANT:Invest, drape, decorate, enrich, ornament
Typed by Eddie
Definition
v.t. to make nude or naked: to lay bare.—n. Denudā′tion a making nude or bare: (geol.) the wearing away of rocks by water and atmospheric action whereby the underlying rocks are laid bare.
Checked by Llewellyn
Examples
- Hence, it is probable that in some parts of the world whole formations have been completely denuded, with not a wreck left behind. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The smelting of ore by charcoal in those places where carried on extensively required the use of a vast amount of wood, and denuded the surrounding lands of forests. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Omar