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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024na•ked /ˈneɪkɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - being without clothing;
nude. - lacking the customary or usual covering or protection:[before a noun]a naked sword; naked light bulbs.
- lacking furnishings or decoration:the empty house with its naked walls.
- not assisted by the use of a microscope, telescope, or other instrument:[before a noun]a planet barely visible to the naked eye.
- defenseless;
unprotected:a town left naked to the invasions of the enemy. - plain;
simple; unadorned:[before a noun]the naked truth. - plainly revealed;
obvious:[before a noun]a naked threat. na•ked•ly, adv. na•ked•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024na•ked (nā′kid),USA pronunciation adj. - 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 fol. 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. - Lawunsupported, as by authority or consideration:a naked promise.
- [Bot.]
- Botany(of seeds) not enclosed in an ovary.
- Botany(of flowers) without a calyx or perianth.
- Botany(of stalks, branches, etc.) without leaves.
- Botany(of stalks, leaves, etc.) without hairs or pubescence.
- Zoologyhaving no covering of hair, feathers, shell, etc.
- bef. 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
na′ked•ly, adv. na′ked•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged uncovered, undressed, unclothed.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged denuded.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unsheathed, exposed.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unfurnished.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unarmed, open.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged manifest, evident, undisguised.
- 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged direct, outspoken.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dressed.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged protected.
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