About The Word Defoliate

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Defoliate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Defoliate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Defoliate

Defoliate Meaning & Definition
Defoliate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defoliate?

[adj] deprived of leaves
[v] strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Defoliate: defoliated | leafless

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | bare | denudate | denude | strip

Defoliate In Webster's Dictionary

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

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Compliant ‐ disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental…
  • Hafnium ‐ a gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium…
  • Wintertime ‐ the coldest season…
  • Execution of instrument ‐ (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract…
  • Insight ‐ grasping the inner nature of things intuitively [n] clear or…
  • Festoonery ‐ flower chains suspended in loops…
  • Intermeshed ‐ caught as if in a mesh; "enmeshed in financial difficulties"…
  • Scratch ‐ an indication of damage [n] poor handwriting [n] a harsh noise…
  • English hawthorn ‐ thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of…
  • Graphical ‐ written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols" [adj] relating…