Defoliate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  defoliate \de*fol"i*ate\, v. t. [LL. defoliare, to shed leaves;
     L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d['e]foliation.]
     to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Defoliate \De*fo"li*ate\, Defoliated \De*fo"li*a`ted\ a.
     Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  defoliate
       adj : deprived of leaves [syn: {defoliated}]
       v : strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with
           pesticides"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "defoliate":
     denude, dismember, draw and quarter, flay, lacerate, maim, mangle,
     mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pull apart, shred, skin, strip,
     take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters