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na⋅ked

  [ney-kid]
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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 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

Related forms:
na⋅ked⋅ly, adverb
na⋅ked⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
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.
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na·ked   (nā'kĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Having no clothing on the body; nude.
  2. Having no covering, especially the usual one: a naked sword.
  3. Devoid of vegetation, trees, or foliage: the naked ground; naked tree limbs.
  4. Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment: the naked facts; naked ambition.
  5. Devoid of a specified quality, characteristic, or element: a look that was naked of all pretense.
  6. Exposed to harm; vulnerable: "naked to mine enemies" (Shakespeare).
  7. 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.
  8. Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.

[Middle English, from Old English nacod; see nogw- in Indo-European roots.]
na'ked·ly adv., na'ked·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Nakedness

Na"ked*ness\, n. 1. The condition of being naked.

2. (Script.) The privy parts; the genitals.

Ham . . . saw the nakedness of his father. --Gen. ix. 22.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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