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nude

  [nood, nyood] adjective, nud⋅er, nud⋅est, noun
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–adjective
1. naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
2. without the usual coverings, furnishings, etc.; bare: a nude stretch of land laid waste by brush fires.
3. (of a photograph, painting, statue, etc.) being or prominently displaying a representation of the nude human figure.
4. Law. made without a consideration or other legal essential: a nude contract.
5. having the color nude.
–noun
6. a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
7. an unclothed human figure.
8. the condition of being unclothed: to sleep in the nude.
9. a light grayish-yellow brown to brownish-pink color.
Origin:
1525–35; < L nūdus; see naked

Related forms:
nudely, adverb
nudeness, noun

Synonyms:
1. uncovered, undressed, undraped, exposed.

Antonyms:
1. covered.

Pronunciation note:
See new.
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nude   (nōōd, nyōōd)   
adj.   nud·er, nud·est
  1. Having no clothing; naked.
  2. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body: a nude beach.
  3. Law Lacking any of various legal requisites, such as evidence.
n.  
  1. An unclothed human figure, especially an artistic representation.
  2. The condition of being unclothed.

[Latin nūdus; see nogw- in Indo-European roots.]
nude'ly adv., nu'di·ty (nōō'dĭ-tē, nyōō'-), nude'ness n.
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Nude

Nude\, a. [L. nudus. See Naked.]

1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

2. (Law) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum. --Blackstone.

The nude, the undraped human figure in art. -- Nude"ly, adv.- Nude"ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : nude
Spanish: desnudo,
German: nackt,
Japanese: 裸の
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nude

adj. Said of machines delivered without an operating system (compare bare metal). "We ordered 50 systems, but they all arrived nude, so we had to spend a an extra weekend with the installation disks." This usage is a recent innovation reflecting the fact that most IBM-PC clones are now delivered with an operating system pre-installed at the factory. Other kinds of hardware are still normally delivered without OS, so this term is particular to PC support groups.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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nude 
1531, a legal term, "unsupported, not formally attested," from L. nudus "naked, bare" (see naked). General sense of "mere, plain, simple" attested from 1551. In ref. to the human body, meaning "unclothed" is an artistic euphemism for naked, dating from 1611 (implied in nudity). Nudism is a 1929 borrowing from Fr. nudisme; nudist "one who practices nudism" appeared at the same time.
"Made in Germany, imported to France, is the cult of Nudism, a mulligan stew of vegetarianism, physical culture and pagan worship." ["Time," July 1, 1929]
Nudie "a nude show" is from 1935.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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nude
Said of machines delivered without an operating system (compare bare metal). "We ordered 50 systems, but they all arrived nude, so we had to spend a an extra weekend with the installation tapes." This usage is a recent innovation reflecting the fact that most PC clones are now delivered with DOS or Microsoft Windows pre-installed at the factory. Other kinds of hardware are still normally delivered without OS, so this term is particular to PC support groups.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-12-13)

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