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naked

[ ney-kid ]

/ ˈneɪ kɪd /

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adjective

being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.

without adequate clothing: a naked little beggar.

bare of any covering, overlying matter, vegetation, foliage, or the like: naked fields.

bare, stripped, or destitute (usually followed by of): The trees were suddenly naked of leaves.

without the customary covering, container, or protection: a naked sword; a naked flame.

without carpets, hangings, or furnishings, as rooms or walls.

(of the eye, sight, etc.) unassisted by a microscope, telescope, or other instrument: visible to the naked eye.

defenseless; unprotected; exposed: naked to invaders.

plain; simple; unadorned: the naked realities of the matter.

not accompanied or supplemented by anything else: a naked outline of the facts.

exposed to view or plainly revealed: the naked threat in the letter; a naked vein of coal.

plain-spoken; blunt: the naked truth.

Law. unsupported, as by authority or consideration: a naked promise.

Botany.

(of seeds) not enclosed in an ovary.
(of flowers) without a calyx or perianth.
(of stalks, branches, etc.) without leaves.
(of stalks, leaves, etc.) without hairs or pubescence.

Zoology. having no covering of hair, feathers, shell, etc.

Origin of naked

before 900; Middle English naked(e), Old English nacod; cognate with Dutch naakt, German nackt, Gothic naqths; akin to Old Norse nakinn, Latin nūdus, Greek gymnós, Sanskrit nagnás

SYNONYMS FOR naked

1 uncovered, undressed, unclothed.

4 denuded.

5 unsheathed, exposed.

6 unfurnished.

8 unarmed, open.

11 manifest, evident, undisguised.

12 direct, outspoken.

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ANTONYMS FOR naked

1 dressed.

8 protected.

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OTHER WORDS FROM naked

na·ked·ly, adverb na·ked·ness, noun half-na·ked, adjective sem·i·na·ked, adjective

un·na·ked, adjective

Words nearby naked

naive realism, naivety, naiveté, najaf, nakasone, naked, naked and the dead, the, naked as a jaybird, naked eye, naked lady, naked lunch, the

Example sentences from the Web for naked

One measly year later, Pam woke to find a naked Ewing grinning at her in the shower.

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“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.

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The next thing I remember was waking up in his bed back at the Sherry, naked.

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Here the Dragoon groped a little on the naked scull, and cried with amazement, that "it was as cold as a knee-pan."

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He knelt at Chegwidden's side, and tore the clothes off him until he had stripped him naked.

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The figure, naked from the waist up, huddled upon the hard-baked mud, digging madly at the earth.

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British Dictionary definitions for naked

naked

/ (ˈneɪkɪd) /

adjective

having the body completely unclothed; undressed Compare bare 1

having no covering; bare; exposed a naked flame

with no qualification or concealment; stark; plain the naked facts

unaided by any optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope (esp in the phrase the naked eye)

with no defence, protection, or shield

(usually foll by of) stripped or destitute naked of weapons

(of the seeds of gymnosperms) not enclosed in a pericarp

(of flowers) lacking a perianth

(of stems) lacking leaves and other appendages

(of animals) lacking hair, feathers, scales, etc

law

unsupported by authority or financial or other considerationa naked contract
lacking some essential condition to render valid; incomplete

Derived forms of naked

nakedly, adverb nakedness, noun

Word Origin for naked

Old English nacod; related to Old High German nackot (German nackt), Old Norse noktr, Latin nudus

Scientific definitions for naked

naked

[ nā′kĭd ]

Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.

Botany

Lacking a pericarp, as the seeds of the pine.
Lacking a perianth, as the flowers of spurge.
Unprotected by scales, as a bud.
Having no leaves, as a branch or stem.
Having no covering of fine, hairlike structures, as a stalk or leaf; glabrous.