 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
denude
verb: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: {bare}, {denudate}, {strip}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Denude \De*nude"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "denude":
bankrupt, bare, bleed, bleed white, defoliate, denudate, deplume,
deprive, despoil, dismantle, dismember, displume, disrobe, divest,
drain, draw and quarter, dry, exhaust, expose, flay, fleece,
impoverish, lacerate, lay bare, lay open, maim, mangle, milk,
mutilate, peel, pick clean, pick to pieces, pluck, pull apart,
remove, shear, shred, skin, strip, strip bare, suck dry,
take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, uncloak,
unclothe, uncover, undress, unsheathe, unveil
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