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DENUDATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without the natural or usual covering
Example:
bare hills
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
bare (lacking its natural or customary covering)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they denudate ... he / she / it denudates
Past simple: denudated
Past participle: denudated
-ing form: denudating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lay bare
Example:
denude a forest
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "denudate" is one way to...):
clear (remove)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "denudate"):
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 denudate the trees
