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DEFOLIATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deprived of leaves
Synonyms:
defoliate; defoliated
Classified under:
Similar:
leafless (having no leaves)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they defoliate ... he / she / it defoliates
Past simple: defoliated
Past participle: defoliated
-ing form: defoliating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strip the leaves or branches from
Example:
defoliate the trees with pesticides
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "defoliate" is one way to...):
bare; denudate; denude; strip (lay bare)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They defoliate the trees
Derivation:
defoliant (a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off)
defoliation (causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals))
defoliation (the loss of foliage)
defoliator (an insect that strips the leaves from plants)
