denuding
present participle ofdenude
| 单词 | denuding |
| 释义 | denuding present participle ofdenude denude verb[T] uk/dɪˈnjuːd/us/dɪˈnuːd/toremovethecoveringof something,especiallyland: Thecountrysidehas been denuded bywar. Drought andyearsofheavygrazingbysheephavecompletelydenuded thehillsofgrass. toremoveavaluablepossessionorquality: Anyfurthercutsin the country'sarmedforceswouldleaveitsdefencesdangerouslydenuded. Fertile or infertile land
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Removing and getting rid of things Taking things away from someone or somewhere Examplesofdenudingdenuding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Afterdenuding, 84 (79%) were selected for nuclear transfer. From theCambridge English Corpus The extensive cultivation of the area over the past few decades, which resulted in thedenudingof the landscape, may have caused their desiccation. From theCambridge English Corpus Successive revolutions, symbolizing thedenudingof transcendence from human life, were shown in the production as stages in the process of the desacralization and dehumanization of the world. From theCambridge English Corpus The level of the medium in the pipette tip was carefully monitored before and afterdenudingto ensure that no change in volume occurred in the microdrop. From theCambridge English Corpus This is about more than just buying up fishing rights from third countries anddenudingtheir stocks. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Here we are, a maritime nation,denudingour industrial base. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should also like to say a word with regard to the effect of high wages indenudingfarms of labour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This walking money all this time has beendenudingand ruining this particular country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That isdenudingthe coast of the necessary protection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The change has come about not through the planners attracting everyone into the new towns anddenudingthe older areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thedenudingof the world's timber is making it more and more important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There would be no need for the wholesaledenudingof accommodation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet all the while we aredenudingthe countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the middle phase which seems to bedenudingus, these days, of that sort of position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Can we go on steadily draining our people away from the land in an ever flowing stream,denudingthe land of its essential attendants? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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