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denude

Syllables: de·nude/dɪˈnjuːd/

denude verb: to divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.

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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.
- He denuded himself of his clothes.
- Widespread deforestation has led to lands being denuded.
To remove (something or someone) of their possessions or assets.
- Their property was seized, denuded and confiscated.
- The service was denuded of its capacity to deliver.
To strip (a mountain, volcano, or other geological formation) by erosion of outer layers so as to lay bare the inner structure.
- The well-known hill of Arthur’s Seat, which overlooks the city of Edinburgh, and many castle-crowned crags of the Forth and Clyde valleys, are the worn and denuded relics of these small volcanoes.1903, John W. Judd, Volcanoes: What they are and what they teach, page 275

denude meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

denude in Tamil

நிர்வாணமாக்கு, ஆடை அகற்று, மேலுறை அகற்று, ஒரு இடத்தின் மரங்கள், வெற்றிடம் ஆக்கு, மண்ணரிப்பு முதலியாயவற்றால் வெறுமையாகு

denude in Urdu

ننگا کرنا

denude in Malayalam

ആവരണം മാറ്റുക, ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക, നഗ്നമാക്കുക, വിവസ്ത്രീകരിക്കുക

denude in Kannada

ಬಯಲು ಮಾಡು, ಮೇಲ್ಪದರ ತೆಗೆದು ಹಾಕು, ಮುಸುಕು ಕಳೆ, ಸವೆಸು, ನಗ್ನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಬೆತ್ತಲೆ ಮಾಡು

Examples of denude in a sentence

But King Piko had been long harassed with the thought, that the unobstructed and indefinite increase of his browsing subjects might eventually denude of herbage his portion of the island.1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]...
They not only visit adultery on the guilty man himself by beating him, but the men proceed en masse to the house of his parents and denude it of all furniture, stores of grain, and merchandise.1898, Arnold Henry Savage Landor, In the Forbidden Land:
Thus, in her cruel anger, she hoped to denude the Constable of the whole of the heritage of his dead wife.1886, A. Mary F. Robinson, Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre:

All 11 example sentences with denude

Forms of denude

third-person singular present	denudes
present participle	denuding
past participle	denuded
past	denuded

Origin of denude

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

Words formed from denude

Words that rhyme with denude

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Questions about denude

What does denude mean?: Denude means to divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
What is denude in Tamil?: Denude in Tamil is நிர்வாணமாக்கு, ஆடை அகற்று, மேலுறை அகற்று. See Denude meaning in Tamil.
How do you use denude in a sentence?: But King Piko had been long harassed with the thought, that the unobstructed and indefinite increase of his browsing subjects might eventually denude of herbage his portion of the island.
What part of speech is denude?: Denude is a verb.
How do you pronounce denude?: Denude is pronounced /dɪˈnjuːd/.
What is the past tense of denude?: The past tense of denude is denuded.

Words near denude in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: denude (page history and authors); denude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); denude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); denude (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); denude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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