naked
adjective /ˈneɪkɪd/
/ˈneɪkɪd/
Idioms - not wearing any clothes synonym bare
- She was clutching the sheet around her naked body.
- Her blonde hair fell over her naked shoulders.
- He was naked from the waist up.
- They often wandered around the house stark naked (= completely naked).
- They found him half naked and bleeding to death.
- The prisoners were stripped naked.
Extra Examples- I suggest you don't make a habit of going around half naked.
- She had been left naked and alone.
- She quickly stripped naked.
- She realized with a shock that she was stark naked.
- buck naked
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- [usually before noun] with nothing to cover it synonym bare
- a naked light
- a naked sword
- Mice are born naked (= without fur).
- (British English) a naked flame
Extra Examples- naked of something the sight of a tree, naked of its leaves
- [only before noun] (of emotions, attitudes, etc.) expressed strongly and not hidden
- naked aggression
- Revealed: the naked truth about your favourite soap stars.
- [not usually before noun] unable to protect yourself from being harmed, criticized, etc. synonym helpless
- He still felt naked and drained after his ordeal.
- Never had he felt so completely naked.
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Word OriginOld English nacod, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naakt and German nackt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nudus and Sanskrit nagna.
Idioms
the naked eye
- the normal power of your eyes without the help of an instrument
- The planet should be visible with/to the naked eye.