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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NAKED, a. Open, discovered, to strip.
1. Not covered; bare; having no clothes on; as a naked body or a naked limb.
2. Unarmed; defenseless; open; exposed; having no means of defense or protection against an enemys attack, or against other injury.
Behold my bosom naked to your swords.
3. Open to view; not concealed; manifest. Hebrews 4.
4. Destitute of worldly goods. Job 1.
5. Exposed to shame and disgrace. Exodus 32.
6. Guilty and exposed to divine wrath. Revelations 3.
7. Plain; evident; undisguised; as the naked truth.
8. Mere; bare; simple; wanting the necessary additions. God requires of man something besides the naked belief of his being and his word.
9. Not inclosed in a pod or case; as naked seeds of a plant.
10. Without leaves, fulcres or arms; as a naked stem or trunk.
11. Not assisted by glasses; as the naked eye.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nacod; akin to Old High German nackot naked, Latin nudus, Greek gymnos Date: before 12th century 1. not covered by clothing ; nude 2. devoid of customary or natural covering ; bare: as a. not enclosed in a sheath or scabbard <a naked sword> b. not provided with a shade <a naked lightbulb> c. of a plant or one of its parts lacking pubescence or enveloping or subtending parts d. lacking foliage or vegetation e. of an animal or one of its parts lacking an external covering (as of hair, feathers, or shell) 3. a. scantily supplied or furnished b. lacking embellishment ; unadorned 4. unarmed, defenseless 5. lacking confirmation or support 6. devoid of concealment or disguise 7. unaided by any optical device or instrument <visible to the naked eye> 8. not backed by the writer's ownership of the commodity contract or security Synonyms: see bare • nakedly adverb • nakedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Phrases and idioms: 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. Derivatives: nakedly adv. nakedness n. Etymology: OE nacod f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Naked Na"ked, a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. n["o]kvi[eth]r, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. n["o]gen, Goth. naqa[thorn]s, Lith. n[*u]gas, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. [root]266. Cf. Nude.] 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. (Bot.) 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. (Mus.) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is naked is not wearing any clothes. Her naked body was found wrapped in a sheet in a field... The hot paving stones scorched my naked feet... They stripped me naked... He stood naked in front of me. ADJ: ADJ n, ADJ after v, v-link ADJ • nakedness He had pulled the blanket over his body to hide his nakedness. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N see also stark naked 2. If an animal or part of an animal is naked, it has no fur or feathers on it. The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind. ADJ 3. You can describe an object as naked when it does not have its normal covering. ...a naked bulb dangling in a bare room... ADJ: usu ADJ n 4. You can use naked to describe unpleasant or violent actions and behaviour which are not disguised or hidden in any way. (JOURNALISM) Naked aggression and an attempt to change frontiers by force could not go unchallenged. = blatant ADJ: ADJ n 5. If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope. There's so much going on that you can't see with the naked eye. PHRASE: usu to/with/by PHR

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Nude, uncovered, bare. 2. Denuded, unclothed, undressed, in puris naturalibus. 3. Uncovered. 4. Exposed, defenceless, unarmed, unprotected, unguarded, open. 5. Manifest, unconcealed, evident, open, plain, undisguised. 6. Simple, mere, sheer, bare. 7. Unprovided, unfurnished, destitute, unaided, bare. 8. Plain, unvarnished, uncolored, unexaggerated.

Moby Thesaurus

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, witnessable