naked

[ney-kid] /ˈneɪ kɪd/
adjective
1.
being without clothing or covering; nude:
naked children swimming in the lake.
2.
without adequate clothing:
a naked little beggar.
3.
bare of any covering, overlying matter, vegetation, foliage, or the like:
naked fields.
4.
bare, stripped, or destitute (usually followed by of):
The trees were suddenly naked of leaves.
5.
without the customary covering, container, or protection:
a naked sword; a naked flame.
6.
without carpets, hangings, or furnishings, as rooms or walls.
7.
(of the eye, sight, etc.) unassisted by a microscope, telescope, or other instrument:
visible to the naked eye.
8.
defenseless; unprotected; exposed:
naked to invaders.
9.
plain; simple; unadorned:
the naked realities of the matter.
10.
not accompanied or supplemented by anything else:
a naked outline of the facts.
11.
exposed to view or plainly revealed:
the naked threat in the letter; a naked vein of coal.
12.
plain-spoken; blunt:
the naked truth.
13.
Law. unsupported, as by authority or consideration:
a naked promise.
14.
Botany.
  1. (of seeds) not enclosed in an ovary.
  2. (of flowers) without a calyx or perianth.
  3. (of stalks, branches, etc.) without leaves.
  4. (of stalks, leaves, etc.) without hairs or pubescence.
15.
Zoology. having no covering of hair, feathers, shell, etc.
Origin
before 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
Related forms
nakedly, adverb
nakedness, noun
half-naked, adjective
seminaked, adjective
unnaked, adjective
Synonyms
1. uncovered, undressed, unclothed. 4. denuded. 5. unsheathed, exposed. 6. unfurnished. 8. unarmed, open. 11. manifest, evident, undisguised. 12. direct, outspoken.
Antonyms
1. dressed. 8. protected.
British Dictionary definitions for naked

naked

/ˈneɪkɪd/
adjective
1.
having the body completely unclothed; undressed Compare bare1
2.
having no covering; bare; exposed: a naked flame
3.
with no qualification or concealment; stark; plain: the naked facts
4.
unaided by any optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope (esp in the phrase the naked eye)
5.
with no defence, protection, or shield
6.
(usually foll by of) stripped or destitute: naked of weapons
7.
(of the seeds of gymnosperms) not enclosed in a pericarp
8.
(of flowers) lacking a perianth
9.
(of stems) lacking leaves and other appendages
10.
(of animals) lacking hair, feathers, scales, etc
11.
(law)
  1. unsupported by authority or financial or other consideration: a naked contract
  2. lacking some essential condition to render valid; incomplete
Derived Forms
nakedly, adverb
nakedness, noun
Word Origin
Old English nacod; related to Old High German nackot (German nackt), Old Norse noktr, Latin nudus
Word Origin and History for naked
adj.

Old English nacod "nude, bare; empty," also "not fully clothed," from Proto-Germanic *nakwathaz (cf. Old Frisian nakad, Middle Dutch naket, Dutch naakt, Old High German nackot, German nackt, Old Norse nökkviðr, Old Swedish nakuþer, Gothic naqaþs "naked"), from PIE root *nogw- "naked" (cf. Sanskrit nagna, Hittite nekumant-, Old Persian *nagna-, Greek gymnos, Latin nudus, Lithuanian nuogas, Old Church Slavonic nagu-, Russian nagoi, Old Irish nocht, Welsh noeth "bare, naked"). Related: Nakedly; nakedness. Applied to qualities, actions, etc., from late 14c. (first in "The Cloud of Unknowing"); phrase naked truth is from 1585, in Alexander Montgomerie's "The Cherry and the Slae":

Which thou must (though it grieve thee) grant
I trumped never a man.
But truely told the naked trueth,
To men that meld with mee,
For neither rigour, nor for rueth,
But onely loath to lie.
[Montgomerie, 1585]
Phrase naked as a jaybird (1943) was earlier naked as a robin (1879, in a Shropshire context); the earliest known comparative based on it was naked as a needle (late 14c.). Naked eye is from 1660s, unnecessary in the world before telescopes and microscopes.

naked in Science
naked
  (nā'kĭd)   

  1. Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.

  2. Botany

    1. Lacking a pericarp, as the seeds of the pine.

    2. Lacking a perianth, as the flowers of spurge.

    3. Unprotected by scales, as a bud.

    4. Having no leaves, as a branch or stem.

    5. Having no covering of fine, hairlike structures, as a stalk or leaf; glabrous.


Slang definitions & phrases for naked

naked

Related Terms

buck naked


naked in the Bible

This word denotes (1) absolute nakedness (Gen. 2:25; Job 1:21; Eccl. 5:15; Micah 1:8; Amos 2:16); (2) being poorly clad (Isa. 58:7; James 2:15). It denotes also (3) the state of one who has laid aside his loose outer garment (Lat. nudus), and appears clothed only in a long tunic or under robe worn next the skin (1 Sam. 19:24; Isa. 47:3; comp. Mark 14:52; John 21:7). It is used figuratively, meaning "being discovered" or "made manifest" (Job 26:6; Heb. 4:13). In Ex. 32:25 the expression "the people were naked" (A.V.) is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version "the people were broken loose", i.e., had fallen into a state of lawlessness and insubordination. In 2 Chr. 28:19 the words "he made Judah naked" (A.V.), but Revised Version "he had dealt wantonly in Judah," mean "he had permitted Judah to break loose from all the restraints of religion."