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naked

[ ney-kid ]

/ ˈneɪ kɪd /

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adjective

being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.

without adequate clothing: a naked little beggar.

bare of any covering, overlying matter, vegetation, foliage, or the like: naked fields.

bare, stripped, or destitute (usually followed by of): The trees were suddenly naked of leaves.

without the customary covering, container, or protection: a naked sword;a naked flame.

without carpets, hangings, or furnishings, as rooms or walls.

(of the eye, sight, etc.) unassisted by a microscope, telescope, or other instrument: visible to the naked eye.

defenseless; unprotected; exposed: naked to invaders.

plain; simple; unadorned: the naked realities of the matter.

not accompanied or supplemented by anything else: a naked outline of the facts.

exposed to view or plainly revealed: the naked threat in the letter;a naked vein of coal.

plain-spoken; blunt: the naked truth.

Law. unsupported, as by authority or consideration:a naked promise.

Botany.

(of seeds) not enclosed in an ovary.
(of flowers) without a calyx or perianth.
(of stalks, branches, etc.) without leaves.
(of stalks, leaves, etc.) without hairs or pubescence.

Zoology. having no covering of hair, feathers, shell, etc.

OTHER WORDS FOR naked

1 uncovered, undressed, unclothed.

5 unsheathed, exposed.

6 unfurnished.

8 unarmed, open.

11 blatant, evident, manifest, obvious, patent.

12 simple, stark, unvarnished, undisguised.

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OPPOSITES FOR naked

1 dressed.

8 protected.

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Origin of naked

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

OTHER WORDS FROM naked

na·ked·ly, adverbna·ked·ness, nounhalf-naked, adjectivesem·i·na·ked, adjective

un·na·ked, adjective

Words nearby naked

naive realism, naiveté, naivety, Najaf, Nakasone, naked, naked as a jaybird, naked eye, naked ladies, naked lady, naked mole rat

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How to use naked in a sentence

This feature tricks the smartphone into thinking you’re using your naked fingers.
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That allows you to see tiny details beyond what your naked eye can resolve.
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Its track has been widened, pushing the wheels further apart from each other—hence the naked carbon fiber-reinforced plastic wing arch extensions with vents that you could lose a finger inside.
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One star, Pleione, is now so close to the star Atlas they look like a single star to the naked eye.
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One measly year later, Pam woke to find a naked Ewing grinning at her in the shower.
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“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.
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One prisoner, who was left naked and shackled to a cold floor, died of suspected hypothermia.
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In other instances, naked detainees were hooded and dragged up and down corridors while subject to physical abuse.
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Some detainees were forced to walk around naked, or shackled with their hands above their heads.
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The Smooth Naked Horsetail is a common plant, specially by the sides of streams and pools.
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It was not possible to deceive himself an instant longer, for the naked truth lay staring into his eyes.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
It was a large square apartment, very lofty and very naked-looking.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Remnants of food from previous meals can be detected with the naked eye or microscopically.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Water and soapsuds blotched the broken floor, amongst which played two little boys, absolutely naked.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for naked

naked

/ (ˈneɪkɪd) /

adjective

having the body completely unclothed; undressedCompare bare 1

having no covering; bare; exposeda naked flame

with no qualification or concealment; stark; plainthe naked facts

unaided by any optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope (esp in the phrase the naked eye)

with no defence, protection, or shield

(usually foll by of) stripped or destitutenaked of weapons

(of the seeds of gymnosperms) not enclosed in a pericarp

(of flowers) lacking a perianth

(of stems) lacking leaves and other appendages

(of animals) lacking hair, feathers, scales, etc

law

unsupported by authority or financial or other considerationa naked contract
lacking some essential condition to render valid; incomplete

Derived forms of naked

nakedly, adverbnakedness, noun

Word Origin for naked

Old English nacod; related to Old High German nackot (German nackt), Old Norse noktr, Latin nudus

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for naked

naked

[ nā′kĭd ]

Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.

Botany

Lacking a pericarp, as the seeds of the pine.
Lacking a perianth, as the flowers of spurge.
Unprotected by scales, as a bud.
Having no leaves, as a branch or stem.
Having no covering of fine, hairlike structures, as a stalk or leaf; glabrous.

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