denude

From Middle French dénuder, from Latin dēnūdāre, from dē- + nūdus (“bare”).

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈnjuːd/
• Hyphenation: de‧nude
• Rhymes: -uːd

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

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

   He denuded himself of his clothes.

   Widespread deforestation has led to lands being denuded.

2. To remove (something) of its possessions or assets.

   Their property was seized, denuded and confiscated.

   The service was denuded of its capacity to deliver.

• denudation

• disrobe
• uncover

• Dundee, dudeen, duende, endued

denude

1. inflection of denudar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative