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denuded

American  
[dih-noo-did, -nyoo-] / dɪˈnu dɪd, -ˈnyu- /

adjective

  1. made naked or bare.

    "We'll have to go a long way for our wood," I grumbled, gazing across the denuded hillsides.

  2. 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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of denude.

Other Word Forms

  • half-denuded adjective
  • undenuded adjective

Etymology

Origin of denuded

First recorded in 1710–20; denude ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; denude ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense

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