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

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.

Translations

divest of all covering

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

  Mandarin: 剥光, 剥夺 (zh) (bōduó)

• Norwegian: (figurative) avkle, (literal) kle av
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• Russian: обнажать (ru) (obnažatʹ), лиша́ть (ru) (lišátʹ)
• Spanish: desnudar (es)
• Turkish: çıplaklaştırmak (tr)

See also

• disrobe
• uncover

Anagrams

• Dundee, dudeen, duende, endued

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Spanish

Verb

denude

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of denudar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of denudar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of denudar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of denudar.