DENUDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does denudate mean? 

• DENUDATE (adjective)
  The adjective DENUDATE has 1 sense:

1. without the natural or usual covering

  Familiarity information: DENUDATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• DENUDATE (verb)
  The verb DENUDATE has 1 sense:

1. lay bare

  Familiarity information: DENUDATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENUDATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without the natural or usual covering

Synonyms:

bald; denudate; denuded

Context example:

bare hills

Similar:

bare (lacking its natural or customary covering)

• DENUDATE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bare; denudate; denude; strip

Context example:

denude a forest

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