denuded

[ dih-noo-did, -nyoo- ]

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adjective

made naked or bare: "We'll have to go a long way for our wood," I grumbled, gazing across the denuded hillsides.
Geology. (of rock) exposed or laid bare by erosive processes: The denuded mountains of the Levant were left to face flash floods with nothing but eroding slopes.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of denude.

Origin of denuded

¹

First recorded in 1710–20; denude + -ed² for the adjective senses; denude + -ed¹ for the verb sense

Other words from denuded

half-de·nud·ed, adjective
un·de·nud·ed, adjective

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How to use denuded in a sentence

The boughs, twelve hours before, so luxuriously gorgeous, were half denuded of their foliage.
Mabel's Mistake | Ann S. Stephens
The sun climbed above the tree tops and looked down upon them through the half denuded branches.
Prisoners of Hope | Mary Johnston
But when at last he entered the greater forest itself, now half denuded of its shade, the problem was still before him.
The Graysons | Edward Eggleston

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