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CIDE DICTIONARY
naked, a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. nökvi, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. nögen, Goth. naqa, Lith. n, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. Nude.].
- Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword. [1913 Webster]
- Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; as, naked to invasion. [1913 Webster]"Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left menaked to mine enemies." [PJC]"Thy power is full naked." [1913 Webster]"Behold my bosom naked to your swords." [1913 Webster] - Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare. [1913 Webster]"Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left naked." [1913 Webster]
- Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain. [1913 Webster]"The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out." [1913 Webster]"All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." [1913 Webster]
- Mere; simple; plain; as, the naked truth. [1913 Webster]"The very naked name of love." [1913 Webster]
- Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales. [1913 Webster]
- Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
naked, adj.
1 without clothes; nude.
2 plain; undisguised; exposed (the naked truth; his naked soul).
3 (of a light, flame, etc.) unprotected from the wind etc.; unshaded.
4 defenceless.
5 without addition, comment, support, evidence, etc. (his naked word; naked assertion).
6 a (of landscape) barren; treeless. b (of rock) exposed; without soil etc.
7 (of a sword etc.) unsheathed.
8 (usu. foll. by of) devoid; without.
9 without leaves, hairs, scales, shell, etc.
10 (of a room, wall, etc.) without decoration, furnishings, etc.; empty, plain.
1 without clothes; nude.
2 plain; undisguised; exposed (the naked truth; his naked soul).
3 (of a light, flame, etc.) unprotected from the wind etc.; unshaded.
4 defenceless.
5 without addition, comment, support, evidence, etc. (his naked word; naked assertion).
6 a (of landscape) barren; treeless. b (of rock) exposed; without soil etc.
7 (of a sword etc.) unsheathed.
8 (usu. foll. by of) devoid; without.
9 without leaves, hairs, scales, shell, etc.
10 (of a room, wall, etc.) without decoration, furnishings, etc.; empty, plain.
Idiom
naked boys (or lady or ladies) the meadow saffron, which flowers while leafless: also called autumn crocus. the naked eye unassisted vision, e.g. without a telescope, microscope, etc.
Derivative
nakedly adv. nakedness n.
Etymology
OE nacod f. Gmc
THESAURUS
naked
absolute, apparent, au naturel, bald, bare, bare-ass, bared, barefaced, beholdable, blank, blatant, blunt, clarified, clear, cleared, colorless, conspicuous, denuded, detectable, discernible, disclosed, discovered, distilled, evident, exposed, exposed to view, flagrant, free, glaring, gymnosophical, hanging out, in evidence, in full view, in native buff, in plain sight, in plain view, in puris naturalibus, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, in view, insight, liable, manifest, naturistic, neat, nonimmune, noticeable, nude, nudist, observable, obvious, open, open as day, open to all, open to view, outcropping, overt, palpable, patent, peeled, perceivable, perceptible, plain, pure, purified, raw, recognizable, rectified, revealed, seeable, sheer, showing, simple, stark, stark-naked, straight, stripped, susceptible, to be seen, unadorned, unadulterated, unaided, unalloyed, unarrayed, unassisted, unblended, unclad, unclassified, unclogged, unclosed, unclothed, unclouded, uncolored, uncombined, uncomplicated, uncompounded, unconcealed, uncorrupted, uncovered, undecked, undecorated, undeniable, undiluted, undisguised, undraped, undressed, unembellished, unfortified, unfurbished, ungarnished, unhidden, unleavened, unmingled, unmistakable, unmitigated, unmixed, unobstructed, unornamented, unprotected, unrestricted, unsheathed, unsophisticated, unstopped, untinged, untrimmed, unvarnished, viewable, visible, visual, wide-open, with nothing on, without a stitch, witnessableROGET THESAURUS
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Divestment
N divestment, taking off, nudity, bareness, undress, dishabille, the altogether, nudation, denudation, decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation, molting, exfoliation, trichosis, divested, bare, naked, nude, undressed, undraped, denuded, exposed, in dishabille, bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless, in a state of nature, in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit, in puris naturalibus, with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked, bald as a coot, bare as the back of one's hand, out at elbows, barefoot, bareback, barebacked, leafless, napless, hairless.Manifestation
N manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church, explicit, overt, patent, express, ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric, unreserved, frank, plain-spoken, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.Also see definition of "naked" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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