adj
Meaning 1
Deprived of leaves; defoliated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
defoliate
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UK: /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
deprived of leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: defoliated
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
strip the leaves or branches from
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- defoliate the trees with pesticides
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: denude, bare, denudate, strip
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English foliate English defoliate From de- + foliate.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обезлистявам (obezlistjavam) — to remove foliage from plants
- Catalan: defoliar — to remove foliage from plants
- French: défolier — to remove foliage from plants
- German: entlauben — to remove foliage from plants
- Māori: kōmuku — to remove foliage from plants
- Portuguese: desfolhar — to remove foliage from plants
- Spanish: defoliar — to remove foliage from plants
- Swedish: avlöva — to remove foliage from plants