Naked meaning
Having no clothing on the body; nude.
adjective
The definition of naked is having no clothes on, or without protection, or without ornaments.
An example of a naked person is someone wearing absolutely no clothing.
An example of the naked truth is the facts without any comments.
adjective
Having no covering, especially the usual one.
A naked sword.
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Without conventional or usual covering.
- Out of its sheath.A naked sword.
- Without grass, vegetation, etc.
- Without furnishing, decoration, etc.A naked wall.
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Without additions, ornaments, disguises, or embellishments; plain; stark.
The naked truth.
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Without the aid of a microscope, telescope, etc.
The naked eye.
adjective
Without leaves, corolla, ovary, perianth, etc.
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Lacking a necessary condition; invalid.
A naked contract.
adjective
Without hair, scales, feathers, shell, etc.
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Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.
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Undertaking either a long or short market position without having an offsetting short or long position.
Executing one side of a spread without executing the other side.
Writing an options contract without owning the underlying investment.
Not wearing any clothes; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
She was as naked as the day she was born.
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Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
This is the naked truth.
The naked facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.
adjective
Unprotected; (by extension) without a condom.
The tendrils of the naked flame stretched into the skies.
I entered her naked and came in her too.
adjective
Devoid of vegetation, trees, or foliage.
The naked ground; naked tree limbs.
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Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment.
The naked facts; naked ambition.
adjective
Devoid of a specified quality, characteristic, or element.
A look that was naked of all pretense.
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Exposed to harm; vulnerable.
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Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.
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Lacking clothing, means of support, etc.; destitute.
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Without protection or defense.
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Origin of naked
- Middle English from Old English nacod nogw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English naked, from Old English nacod (“naked"), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷó- (“naked"). Cognate with Scots nakit, nakkit (“naked"), Low German naakd (“naked"), Dutch naakt (“naked"), German nackt (“naked"), Danish nøgen (“naked"), Swedish naken (“naked"), Icelandic nakinn (“naked"), and ultimately with Latin nÅ«dus, Ancient Greek γυμνός (gymnós), Sanskrit नगà¥à¤¨ (nagna), Avestan ð¬¨ð¬€ð¬•ð¬¥ð¬€ (maÄ¡na), Old Armenian Õ´Õ¥Ö€Õ¯ (merk). Related also to Old English nacian (“to strip of clothes, undress"). More at nake.
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- See nake (verb)
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