NAKED

bare, au naturel, naked, nude

(adjective) completely unclothed; “bare bodies”; “naked from the waist up”; “a nude model”

naked

(adjective) lacking any cover; “naked branches of the trees”; “lie on the naked rock”

naked, raw

(adjective) devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; “naked ambition”; “raw fury”; “you may kill someone someday with your raw power”

naked, defenseless

(adjective) having no protecting or concealing cover; “naked to mine enemies”- Shakespeare

naked

(adjective) (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; “visible to the naked eye”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

naked (comparative more naked, superlative most naked)

Bare, not covered by clothing.

(obsolete) Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.

Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.

Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.

(obsolete) Unarmed.

Unaided, unaccompanied.

Unprotected, uncovered; (by extension) without a condom.

(finance, of a derivative contract) Where the writer (seller) does not own the underlying asset to cover the contract.

Synonym: uncovered

(literary) Resourceless, poor, lacking means.

(with “of”) Lacking or devoid of something.

(obsolete) Blank, clean, empty.

(of land, rocks, or plants) Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.

Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.

(of food or other consumer products) Without any additives, or without some component that would usually be included.

(physics) Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.

Synonyms

• bare, bareskin, nude, starkers, unclad, unclothed, butt-naked, bare-assed, in one's birthday suit, skyclad, showing skin

• See also nude

• (without a condom): condomless

Etymology 2

Verb

naked

simple past tense and past participle of nake

Anagrams

• Danek, Kaden, knead

Source: Wiktionary

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Na"ked, a. Etym: [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. nökvi, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. nögen, Goth. naqa, Lith. n, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. sq. root266. 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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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. Shak.

– Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like.

– Naked-eyed medusa. (Zoöl.) See Hydromedusa.

– Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt.

– Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a nudibranch.

– Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent.

Syn.

– Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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