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DENUDE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they denude ... he / she / it denudes
Past simple: denuded
Past participle: denuded
-ing form: denuding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lay bare
Example:
denude a forest
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "denude" is one way to...):
clear (remove)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "denude"):
defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)
burn off (clear land of its vegetation by burning it off)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They denude the trees
Derivation:
denudation (the removal of covering)
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