denude

See also: dénude and dénudé

English

WOTD – 7 March 2016

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈnjuːd/
• Hyphenation: de‧nude
• Rhymes: -uːd

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Verb

denude (third-person singular simple present denudes, present participle denuding, simple past and past participle denuded)

1. 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.

2. To remove (something) of its possessions or assets.

   Their property was seized, denuded and confiscated.

   The service was denuded of its capacity to deliver.

Related terms

• denudation

Translations

divest of all covering

• Bulgarian: оголвам (bg) (ogolvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剥光, 剥夺 (zh) (bōduó)

• Greek:

  Ancient: γυμνόω (gumnóō)

• Norwegian: (figurative) avkle, (literal) kle av
• Polish: obnażać (pl) impf, obnażyć pf
• Russian: обнажать (ru) (obnažatʹ), лиша́ть (ru) (lišátʹ)
• Spanish: desnudar (es)
• Turkish: çıplaklaştırmak (tr)

See also

• disrobe
• uncover

Anagrams

• Dundee, dudeen, duende, endued

Spanish

Verb

denude

1. inflection of denudar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative