naked

[na·ked]

If you have no clothes on, you're naked. Likewise, things that are uncovered or unhidden, like a bare tree, are also naked.

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Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

Adjective S.
completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"

Adjective S.
devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"

Adjective S.
having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare

Adjective S.
(of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked eye"; "clearly audible to the unaided ear"


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Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

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Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.

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Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.

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Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.

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Mere; simple; plain.

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Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.

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Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.


Naked

Na"ked , a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. n'94kvir, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. n'94gen, Goth. naqas, Lith. ngas, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. &root;266. Cf. Nude.] 1. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword. 2. Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.
Thy power is full naked.
Behold my bosom naked to your swords.
3. Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they say now left naked.
4. Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out.
All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we to do.
5. Mere; simple; plain.
The very naked name of love.
6. (Bot.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales. 7. (Mus.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth. Naked bed, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. Shak. -- Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like. -- Naked-eyed medusa. (Zo'94l.) See Hydromedusa. -- Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. -- Naked mollusk (Zo'94l.), a nudibranch. -- Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent. Syn. -- Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless.

Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

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Usage Examples

Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.

In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep for we are dying the darkness and we know no death.

I didn't need clothes. I was allowed the opportunity to act out moments you don't get the opportunity to experience in your own life, let alone as a character in a film. I didn't feel naked.

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.

I can't even find someone for a platonic relationship, much less the kind where someone wants to see me naked.

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Other Usage Examples

In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel.

Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.

Eros will have naked bodies Friendship naked personalities.

Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.

My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Realize that a Muslim will know that his wife was seen naked in this machine. You know what would be the reaction?... Terrible. I believe there's technology out there that can identify bomb-type materials without necessarily, overly invading our privacy.

I definitely love women. They are more attractive to the naked eye.

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