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Meaning of 'naked' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Naked [ a.]
- Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
- Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.
- Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
- Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
- Mere; simple; plain.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'naked' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . naked [ s]
Meaning (1):
- completely unclothed
Example in sentence:
  • a nude model;
  • bare bodies;
  • naked from the waist up
Meaning (2):
- lacking any cover
Example in sentence:
  • lie on the naked rock;
  • naked branches of the trees
Meaning (3):
- devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
Example in sentence:
  • naked ambition;
  • raw fury;
  • you may kill someone someday with your raw power
Meaning (4):
- having no protecting or concealing cover
Example in sentence:
  • naked to mine enemies
Meaning (5):
- (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument
Example in sentence:
  • visible to the naked eye

Nearby Words:

nake nakedly nakedness naker nakoo

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