nude
naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
without the usual coverings, furnishings, etc.; bare: a nude stretch of land laid waste by brush fires.
(of a photograph, painting, statue, etc.) being or prominently displaying a representation of the nude human figure.
Law. made without a consideration or other legal essential: a nude contract.
having the color nude.
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
an unclothed human figure.
the condition of being unclothed: to sleep in the nude.
(no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a light grayish-yellow brown to brownish-pink color.
a color that falls within the spectrum of human skin colors.
Origin of nude
1usage alert For nude
pronunciation note For nude
Other words for nude
1 | uncovered, undressed, undraped, exposed |
Opposites for nude
Other words from nude
- nudely, adverb
- nudeness, noun
- sem·i·nude, adjective
- sub·nude, adjective
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How to use nude in a sentence
In actuality, the software was using generative adversarial networks, the algorithm behind deepfakes, to swap the women’s clothes for highly realistic nude bodies.
A deepfake bot is being used to “undress” underage girls | Karen Hao | October 20, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewVargas said she believes the board did its due diligence when it came to a professor who kept a trove of nude photos and sex videos with students on his work computer.
Morning Report: The Height Limit Issue No One’s Talking About | Voice of San Diego | October 20, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoBlue jeans originated as durable workwear for miners, but a good deal of runway fashion performs only the bare-minimum job of keeping the wearer from being nude—and occasionally not even that.
Fashion is struggling to rise to the creative challenge of Covid-19 | Marc Bain | October 14, 2020 | QuartzIt’s a weird sort of victim blaming that suggests that if someone chooses such a “superficial” profession—and especially if they pose for nude or provocative photos—they deserve whatever they get.
Emily Ratajkowski and the question of why society looks down on models | kristenlbellstrom | September 17, 2020 | FortuneShe has, Lane writes, a moose head who “once saw Jack Nicholson nude.”
The Oscar-winning actress put nude photo thieves in their place with one perfect statement.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say | Kevin O’Keeffe | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.
The Most Gruesome Moments in the CIA ‘Torture Report’ | Shane Harris, Tim Mak | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTnude prisoners were kept in a central area, and walked around as a form of humiliation.
Actually, Brown lost the Senate race to Democrat incumbent Jean Shaheen because Scott once posed nude for Cosmo.
There's a scene in which a nude Amy Elliott-Dunne, played with committed gusto by Rosamund Pike, is washing off in the shower.
Yes, Ben Affleck Goes Full-Frontal in ‘Gone Girl,’ Confronting One of Cinema’s Last Taboos | Marlow Stern | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI stood up, for the exciting near-nude body of the woman who had caused Nokomee's outburst was too close, too intimately relaxed.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellOnto this preparation the studies drawn from the nude model are "squared up," and the drawing corrected again from the nude model.
The Painter in Oil | Daniel Burleigh ParkhurstThe prince and I were left alone with the two Jivros, who stood beside the nude figure of the alien Croen.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellBut to Bierce's mind, "noble and nude and antique," this mid-Victorian draping and bedecking of "unpleasant truths" was abhorrent.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceIt is the first nude statue of the Renaissance made for Cosimo de' Medici before his exile.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward Hutton
British Dictionary definitions for nude
/ (njuːd) /
completely unclothed; undressed
having no covering; bare; exposed
law
lacking some essential legal requirement, esp supporting evidence
(of a contract, agreement, etc) made without consideration and void unless under seal
the state of being naked (esp in the phrase in the nude)
a naked figure, esp in painting, sculpture, etc
Origin of nude
1Derived forms of nude
- nudely, adverb
- nudeness, noun
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