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au naturel, bare, bald, nude, barren, defenseless, discovered, dishabille, exact, exposed, literal, manifest

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na⋅ked

[ney-kid]

–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 fol. by of): The trees were suddenly naked of leaves.

5.	without 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.	Zoology. having no covering of hair, feathers, shell, etc.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME naked(e), OE nacod; c. D naakt, G nackt, Goth naqths; akin to ON nakinn, L nūdus, Gk gymnós, Skt nagnás

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Language Translation for : Naked

Spanish:

desnudo,

German:

nackt,

Japanese:

はだかの

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na·ked (nā'kĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Having no clothing on the body; nude.
Having no covering, especially the usual one: a naked sword.
Devoid of vegetation, trees, or foliage: the naked ground; naked tree limbs.
Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment: the naked facts; naked ambition.
Devoid of a specified quality, characteristic, or element: a look that was naked of all pretense.
Exposed to harm; vulnerable: "naked to mine enemies" (Shakespeare).
Botany
1. Not encased in ovaries: naked seeds.
2. Unprotected by scales: naked buds.
3. Lacking a perianth: naked flowers.
4. Without leaves or pubescence: naked stalks.
Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.

[Middle English, from Old English nacod; see nog^w- in Indo-European roots.]
na'ked·ly adv., na'ked·ness n.

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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-, O.Ir. nocht, Welsh noeth). Applied to qualities, actions, etc., from 16c. (originally in naked truth, 1585). Phrase naked as a jaybird (1943) was earlier naked as a robin (1879, in a Shropshire context); the earliest comparative was naked as a needle (1377).

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naked
adjective
1.	completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model" [syn: bare]
2.	having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare
3.	(of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked eye"
4.	devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"
5.	lacking any cover; "naked branches of the trees"; "lie on the naked rock"

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naked (nā'kĭd) Pronunciation Key

Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.
Botany
1. Lacking a pericarp, as the seeds of the pine.
2. Lacking a perianth, as the flowers of spurge.
3. Unprotected by scales, as a bud.
4. Having no leaves, as a branch or stem.
5. Having no covering of fine, hairlike structures, as a stalk or leaf; glabrous.

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Main Entry: na·ked
Pronunciation: 'nA-k&d
Function: adjective
: lacking some natural external covering (as of hair, shell, or myelin) —usedof the animal body or one of its parts <naked nerve endings> naked protoplasmic body>

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Main Entry: na·ked
Function: adjective
1 : characterized by the lack of an interest or of exclusive control, use, or possession
2 : not backed by the option writer's ownership of the commodity, the contract for the commodity, or the security

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Naked

Na"ked\, a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. n["o]kvi[eth]r, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. n["o]gen, Goth. naqa[thorn]s, Lith. n[*u]gas, 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. --Chaucer.

Behold my bosom naked to your swords. --Addison.

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. --Milton.

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. --Shak.

All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we to do. --Heb. iv. 13.

5. Mere; simple; plain.

The very naked name of love. --Shak.

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["o]l.) See Hydromedusa.

Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. --Gwilt.

Naked mollusk (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Naked

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."

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