NUDE

bare, au naturel, naked, nude

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

nude, nude painting

(noun) a painting of a naked human figure

nude, nude sculpture, nude statue

(noun) a statue of a naked human figure

nude, nude person

(noun) a naked person

nude

(noun) without clothing (especially in the phrase ‘in the nude’); “they swam in the nude”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nude (comparative nuder, superlative nudest)

Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.

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

(legal, obsolete) Not valid; void.

Synonyms

• (naked): See Thesaurus:nude

• (skin-colored): flesh-colored, skin-colored, carnation

Noun

nude (plural nudes)

A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.

(with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity.

A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.

Anagrams

• DĂŒne, dune, undĂ©

Source: Wiktionary


Nude, a. Etym: [L. nudus. See Naked.]

1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

2. (Law)

Definition: Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum. Blackstone. The nude, the undraped human figure in art.

– Nude"ly, adv.- Nude"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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