DEFOLIATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Deprived of leaves

Synonyms:

defoliate; defoliated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

leafless (having no leaves)

Present simple: I / you / we / they defoliate ... he / she / it defoliates

Past simple: defoliated

Past participle: defoliated

-ing form: defoliating

Meaning:

Strip the leaves or branches from

Example:

defoliate the trees with pesticides

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "defoliate" is one way to...):

bare; denudate; denude; strip (lay bare)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They defoliate the trees

Derivation:

defoliant (a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off)

defoliation (causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals))

defoliation (the loss of foliage)

defoliator (an insect that strips the leaves from plants)