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denude(dictionary)
denude(dictionary)

denude (iou)



denude verb. LME.
[Latin denudare, from de- DE- 1 + nudare to bare, from nudus nude.]
verb trans. Make naked or bare; strip of clothing or covering. LME.
D. H. Lawrence The park was denuded of its timber.
b. fig. Strip, divest, deprive, (of any possession, attribute, etc.). L15.
A. Burgess That wicked boy has denuded the larder of practically everything. W. S. Churchill The Island he had left denuded of troops.
c. Geology. Of a natural agency: expose (a rock or formation) by the removal of overlying material. M19.
A. R. Wallace Rapidly denuded by rain and rivers.
verb intrans. Divest oneself of a legal right etc. L17.