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/ ˈneɪ kɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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
SYNONYMS FOR naked 1 uncovered, undressed, unclothed.
4 denuded.
5 unsheathed, exposed.
6 unfurnished.
8 unarmed, open.
11 manifest, evident, undisguised.
12 direct, outspoken.
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OTHER WORDS FROM naked na·ked·ly, adverb na·ked·ness, noun half-naked, adjective sem·i·na·ked, adjective
un·na·ked, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for naked adjective having the body completely unclothed; undressed Compare bare 1
having no covering; bare; exposed a naked flame
with no qualification or concealment; stark; plain the 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 destitute naked 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 consideration a naked contract lacking some essential condition to render valid; incomplete SEE MORE SEE LESS
Derived forms of naked nakedly , adverb nakedness , noun Word Origin for naked Old English nacod; related to Old High German nackot (German nackt ), Old Norse noktr, Latin nudus
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Words related to naked exposed, nude, bald, raw, bare, helpless, defenseless, blatant, au naturel, barren, natural, open, stripped, threadbare, unconcealed, uncovered, undressed, unprotected, vulnerable, unclad
Scientific definitions for naked 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.