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de·nude

 (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.
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denude

(dɪˈnjuːd)
vb (tr)
1. to divest of covering; make bare; uncover; strip
2. (Geological Science) to expose (rock) by the erosion of the layers above
[C16: from Latin dēnūdāre; see nude]
denudation, denudement n
deˈnuder n
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de•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.
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denude


Past participle: denuded
Gerund: denuding

Imperative
denude
denude
Present
I denude
you denude
he/she/it denudes
we denude
you denude
they denude
Preterite
I denuded
you denuded
he/she/it denuded
we denuded
you denuded
they denuded
Present Continuous
I am denuding
you are denuding
he/she/it is denuding
we are denuding
you are denuding
they are denuding
Present Perfect
I have denuded
you have denuded
he/she/it has denuded
we have denuded
you have denuded
they have denuded
Past Continuous
I was denuding
you were denuding
he/she/it was denuding
we were denuding
you were denuding
they were denuding
Past Perfect
I had denuded
you had denuded
he/she/it had denuded
we had denuded
you had denuded
they had denuded
Future
I will denude
you will denude
he/she/it will denude
we will denude
you will denude
they will denude
Future Perfect
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
Future Continuous
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
Present Perfect Continuous
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
Future Perfect Continuous
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
Past Perfect Continuous
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
Conditional
I would denude
you would denude
he/she/it would denude
we would denude
you would denude
they would denude
Past Conditional
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
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.denude - lay baredenude - lay bare; "denude a forest"    
clear - 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
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denude

verb
1. 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 people
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denude

verb
To make bare:
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Translations

denude

[dɪˈnjuːd] VT
1. (Geol, Geog) → denudar
2. (= strip) → despojar (of de)
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denude

vt (of trees etc)entblößen (→ of +gen); (fig also)berauben (→ of +gen)
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denude

[dɪˈnjuːd] vt (frm) to denude (of)spogliare (di), denudare (di)
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Des directions scolaires en province etaient allees jusqu'a preconiser la retention des diplomes de ceux parmi les jeunes qui se sont rendus coupables du geste A de se denuder sur la voie publique.
J'adore cette saison ou le vent, coureur de jupons, aime a denuder les arbres, les laissant tout nus sans retenue, sachant pertinemment que le printemps suivant, elegant galant, leur offrira de somptueux vetements pour feter la vie et chanter le changement.
Glass denuder tubes (0.2 m length, 0.01 m OD, 0.007 m ID) (Mikrolab Aarhus, Denmark) were mounted on each mast at heights of 0.25,0.75,1.5,2.25, and 3 m above the ground.
Elles ont pour effet d'homogeneiser les individualites propres, de denuder, en quelque sorte, les candidats a l'immigration de leur histoire personnelle pour permettre leur subjectivation--c'est-a-dire la production de sujets individualises, faconnes pour etre gouvernes.
The liquid amalgam flows from the electrolytic cell to a separate reactor, called the decomposer or denuder, where it reacts with water in the presence of a graphite catalyst to form sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.
Characterisation of gaseous and particulate atmospheric pollutants in the east Mediterranean by diffusion denuder sampling lines.
[7] Perrino, C., Catrambone, M., Esposito, G., Lahav, D., Mamane, Y., 2009, "Characterization of gaseous and particulate atmospheric pollutants in the East Mediterranean by diffusion denuder sampling lines," Environ.