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denude
de·nude
[
di nd
]
(
past and past participle
de·nud·ed
,
present participle
de·nud·ing
,
3rd person present singular
de·nudes
)
transitive verb
Definition:
1.
remove somebody's or something's covering:
to strip somebody or something bare
2.
destroy ground cover of place:
to strip away the covering vegetation from an area
3.
strip area by erosion:
to remove soil from an area, or expose underlying layers of rock by weathering and erosion
[
15th century. < Latin
denudare
"strip away" <
nudare
"strip" <
nudus
"nude"
]
de·nu·da·tion
[
d noo dáysh'n,
dènnyə dáysh'n
]
noun
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de·nu·da·tion [ d noo dáysh'n, dènnyə dáysh'n ] noun
