DENUDE

denude, bare, denudate, strip

(verb) lay bare; “denude a forest”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

denude (third-person singular simple present denudes, present participle denuding, simple past and past participle denuded)

To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.

Anagrams

• Dundee, dudeen, duende, endued

Source: Wiktionary


De*nude", v. t. Etym: [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See Nude.]

Definition: To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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