denude
1dénudé — dénudé, ée [ denyde ] adj. • déb. XIXe; de dénuder ♦ Mis à nu; dépouillé (de ce qui recouvre). Arbre dénudé. Crâne dénudé, dégarni. « les longs espaces dénudés qu on appelle le Désert d Ermenonville » (Nerval). Fil électrique dénudé, dépourvu de… …
2Denude — De*nude , v. t. [L. denudare; de + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See {Nude}.] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands; the hurricane denuded the trees. [1913… …
3dénudé — dénudé, ée (dé nu dé, dée) part. passé. Un os dénudé …
4denude — I verb bare, bring to light, defoliate, denudate, disclose, disfurnish, disrobe, divest, doff, exhibit, expose, flay, lay bare, lay open, lay waste, make naked, make public, manifest, open, pare, peel, present to view, publicize, reveal, shed,… …
5denude — early 15c. (implied in denuded), from M.Fr. dénuder, from L. denudare to lay bare, strip; uncover, expose, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) + nudare to strip, from nudus naked, bare (see NAKED (Cf. naked)). Related …
6denude — bare, *strip, divest, dismantle Antonyms: clothe …
7denude — [v] strip bare, disrobe, expose, fleece, lay bare*, peel, uncover, undress; concept 211 …
8denude — ► VERB (often be denuded of) ▪ strip of covering or possessions; make bare. DERIVATIVES denudation noun. ORIGIN Latin denudare, from nudare to bare …
9denude — [dē no͞od′, dēnyo͞od′; di no͞od′, dinyo͞od′] vt. denuded, denuding [L denudare: see DENUDATE] to make bare or naked; strip; specif., a) to destroy all plant and animal life in (an area) b) Geol. to expose (layers of rock) by erosion, weathering,… …
10denude — v. (D; tr.) to denude of (the hillside was denuded of trees) * * * [dɪ njuːd] (D; tr.) to denude of (the hillside was denuded of trees) …
