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de⋅nude

  [di-nood, -nyood]
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–verb (used with object), -nud⋅ed, -nud⋅ing.
1. to make naked or bare; strip: The storm completely denuded the trees.
2. Geology. to subject to denudation.
Origin:
1505–15; < L dēnūdāre, equiv. to dē- de- + nūdāre to lay bare; see nude

Related forms:
de⋅nud⋅er, noun
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de·nude   (dĭ-nōōd', -nyōōd')   
tr.v.   de·nud·ed, de·nud·ing, de·nudes

  1. To divest of covering; make bare.

  2. Geology To expose (rock strata) by erosion.


[Latin dēnūdāre : dē-, de- + nūdāre, to make bare (from nūdus, nude; see nogw- in Indo-European roots).]
de'nu·da'tion (dē'nōō-dā'shən, -nyōō-, děn'yŏŏ-) n.
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Word Origin & History

denude 
1513, from M.Fr. denuder, from L. denudare, from de- "away" + nudare "to strip," from nudus "bare."
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Medical Dictionary

denude de·nude (dĭ-n&oomacr;d', -ny&oomacr;d')
v. de·nud·ed, de·nud·ing, de·nudes
To divest of a covering, as myelin.

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