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na·ked [ náykəd ]

adjective

Definition:

1. wearing no clothes: not covered by clothing, especially having no clothing on any part of the body

2. lacking covering: lacking the usual covering or protection

a naked light bulb

3. not concealed: openly displayed or expressed and often threatening or disturbing

naked aggression

4. frankly unvarnished: direct, frank, and without embellishment

the naked truth

5. unarmed: unarmed and defenseless

6. devoid of something: without or unaccompanied by a particular quality or thing

naked of all pretensions to grandeur

7. botany having no natural covering: having no natural covering in the form of earth, vegetation, or foliage

8. zoology lacking hair, fur, or feathers: having no hair, fur, scales, shell, or feathers

9. botany not enclosed in ovary: describes conifer seeds, which are not enclosed in an ovary

10. botany lacking sepals or petals: describes flowers that have no sepals or petals

[ Old English nacod< Indo-European]

na·ked·ness noun

Cultural Note


	The Naked and the Dead, a novel (1948) by Norman Mailer. Set on a Pacific island during World War II, it is both a powerful account of the experience of war and, through its presentation of the conflicting political and philosophical views of the principal characters, a portrayal of some of the tensions in contemporary U.S. society. It was made into a movie by Raoul Walsh in 1958.

Word Key: Synonyms


	naked, bare, nude, undressed, unclothed CORE MEANING: without clothes or covering naked not covered or concealed, especially having no clothing on any part of the body; a ceiling decorated with frescos of naked cherubs bare without the usual furnishings or decorations, or not covered by clothing; The three men sat around a bare wooden table. bare legs nude not wearing any clothes at all, especially in artistic contexts; the nude statue in the courtyard undressed not wearing any or many clothes, or having just removed clothes; The children were undressed and ready to put on their pajamas. unclothed wearing little or no clothing; a window full of unclothed mannequins He felt awkwardly unclothed in just a towel.