Deprive of cover (6)
I believe the answer is:
denude
This might be a double definition.
'deprive' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'cover' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for denude that I've seen before include "Clear so that nothing is left" , "Put off covering" , "Uncover" , "Strip away cover, make bare" , "Strip, deprive, of" .)