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adjective
1.
being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
2.
without adequate clothing: a naked little beggar.
3.
bare of any covering, overlying matter, vegetation, foliage, or the like: naked fields.
4.
bare, stripped, or destitute (usually followed by of): The trees were suddenly naked of leaves.
5.
EXPANDwithout the customary covering, container, or protection: a naked sword; a naked flame.
6.
without carpets, hangings, or furnishings, as rooms or walls.
7.
(of the eye, sight, etc.) unassisted by a microscope, telescope, or other instrument: visible to the naked eye.
8.
defenseless; unprotected; exposed: naked to invaders.
9.
plain; simple; unadorned: the naked realities of the matter.
10.
not accompanied or supplemented by anything else: a naked outline of the facts.
11.
exposed to view or plainly revealed: the naked threat in the letter; a naked vein of coal.
12.
plain-spoken; blunt: the naked truth.
13.
Law. unsupported, as by authority or consideration: a naked promise.
14.
Botany.
a.
(of seeds) not enclosed in an ovary.
b.
(of flowers) without a calyx or perianth.
c.
(of stalks, branches, etc.) without leaves.
d.
(of stalks, leaves, etc.) without hairs or pubescence.
15.
COLLAPSEZoology. having no covering of hair, feathers, shell, etc.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
na·ked·ly, adverb
na·ked·ness, noun
half-na·ked, adjective
sem·i·na·ked, adjective
un·na·ked, adjective
Synonyms
1. uncovered, undressed, unclothed. 4. denuded. 5. unsheathed, exposed. 6. unfurnished. 8. unarmed, open. 11. manifest, evident, undisguised. 12. direct, outspoken.
1. uncovered, undressed, unclothed. 4. denuded. 5. unsheathed, exposed. 6. unfurnished. 8. unarmed, open. 11. manifest, evident, undisguised. 12. direct, outspoken.
Antonyms
1. dressed. 8. protected.
1. dressed. 8. protected.
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Naked
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| a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like |
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World English Dictionary
| naked (ˈneɪkɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare bare having the body completely unclothed; undressed |
| 2. | having no covering; bare; exposed: a naked flame |
| 3. | with no qualification or concealment; stark; plain: the naked facts |
| 4. | unaided by any optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope (esp in the phrase the naked eye) |
| 5. | with no defence, protection, or shield |
| 6. | ( |
| 7. | (of the seeds of gymnosperms) not enclosed in a pericarp |
| 8. | (of flowers) lacking a perianth |
| 9. | (of stems) lacking leaves and other appendages |
| 10. | (of animals) lacking hair, feathers, scales, etc |
| 11. | law |
| a. unsupported by authority or financial or other consideration: a naked contract | |
| b. lacking some essential condition to render valid; incomplete | |
| [Old English nacod; related to Old High German nackot (German nackt), Old Norse noktr, Latin nudus] | |
| 'nakedly | |
| —adv | |
| 'nakedness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
naked
O.E. nacod "nude," also "not fully clothed," from P.Gmc. *nakwathaz (cf. O.Fris. nakad, M.Du. naket, Du. naakt, Ger. nackt, O.N. nökkviðr, O.Swed. nakuþer, Goth. naqaþs "naked"), from PIE base *neogw- "naked" (cf. Skt. nagna, Hittite nekumant-, L. nudus, Lith. nuogas, O.C.S. nagu-,
EXPANDO.Ir. nocht, Welsh noeth). Applied to qualities, actions, etc., from late 14c. (first in "The Cloud of Unknowing"); phrase naked truth is from 1585, in Alexander Montgomerie's "The Cherry and the Slae").
COLLAPSE
Which thou must (though it grieve thee) grantPhrase naked as a jaybird (1943) was earlier naked as a robin (1879, in a Shropshire context); the earliest comparative was naked as a needle (late 14c.).
I trumped never a man.
But truely told the naked trueth,
To men that meld with mee,
For neither rigour, nor for rueth,
But onely loath to lie.
[Montgomerie, 1585]
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Science Dictionary
naked  (nā'kĭd) Pronunciation Key
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Slang Dictionary
naked definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Naked definition
This word denotes (1) absolute nakedness (Gen. 2:25; Job 1:21; Eccl. 5:15; Micah 1:8; Amos 2:16); (2) being poorly clad (Isa. 58:7; James 2:15). It denotes also (3) the state of one who has laid aside his loose outer garment (Lat. nudus), and appears clothed only in a long tunic or under robe worn next the skin (1 Sam. 19:24; Isa. 47:3; comp. Mark 14:52; John 21:7). It is used figuratively, meaning "being discovered" or "made manifest" (Job 26:6; Heb. 4:13). In Ex. 32:25 the expression "the people were naked" (A.V.) is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version "the people were broken loose", i.e., had fallen into a state of lawlessness and insubordination. In 2 Chr. 28:19 the words "he made Judah naked" (A.V.), but Revised Version "he had dealt wantonly in Judah," mean "he had permitted Judah to break loose from all the restraints of religion."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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