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Definition of Naked

1. Adjective. Completely unclothed. "A nude model"

2. Adjective. Having no protecting or concealing cover. "Naked to mine enemies"

3. Adjective. (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument. "Visible to the naked eye"

4. Adjective. Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure. "You may kill someone someday with your raw power"

5. Adjective. Lacking any cover. "Lie on the naked rock"

Definition of Naked

1. a. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

Definition of Naked

1. Adjective. Not wearing any clothes; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples. ¹

2. Adjective. Glib, without decoration, put bluntly. ¹

3. Adjective. Unprotected or by extension without a condom ¹

4. Adjective. Uncomfortable. ¹

5. Verb. (past of nake) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Naked

1. being without clothing or covering [adj -KEDER, -KEDEST] : NAKEDLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Naked

1. 1. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword. 2. Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless. "Thy power is full naked." (Chaucer) "Behold my bosom naked to your swords." (Addison) 3. Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare. "Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they say now left naked." (Milton) 4. Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain. "The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out." (Shak) "All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we to do." (Heb. Iv. 13) 5. Mere; simple; plain. "The very naked name of love." (Shak) 6. 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. 7. 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. Naked bed, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like. Naked-eyed medusa. A nudibranch. Naked wood, a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. Synonym: Nude, bare, denuded, uncovered, unclothed, exposed, unarmed, plain, defenseless. Origin: AS. Nacod; akin to D. Naakt, G. Nackt, OHG. Nacchot, nahhot, Icel. Nokvir, nakinn, Sw. Naken, Dan. Nogen, Goth. Naqas, Lith. Ngas, Russ. Nagii, L. Nudus, Skr. Nagna. Cf. Nude. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Naked

naiver naives naivest naivete naivetes naiveties naivety naivist naivity naja

najas nakabandi nakabandis nakauriite nake naked-ape naked-eye naked ape naked apes naked as a jaybird

naked as the day one was born naked as the day you were born naked eye naked eyes naked ladies naked lady naked mole rat naked option naked protein

Literary usage of Naked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"Of naked Seeds. By naked seeds has been understood, by the school of Linnaeus, small seed-like fruit, like that of Labiatae, Boraginaceae, Grasses, ..."

2. An introduction to botany by John Lindley (1832)
"Of naked Seeds. By naked seeds has been understood, by the school of Linnaeus, small seed-like fruit, like that of Labiatae, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"The general coronal form, to the naked eye, was nearly that of the small annexed Fro. 2. Prominences ou southwest limb of sun. 8 seconds. photograph, which, ..."

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