01 a. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
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Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
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Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; as, naked to invasion.“Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.” — King Henry VIII., Act iii. sc. 2 (Shakespeare)“Thy power is full naked.” — Chaucer.“Behold my bosom naked to your swords.” — Addison.
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Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.“Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left naked.” — Milton.
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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 have to do.” — Heb. iv. 13.
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Mere; simple; plain; as, the naked truth.“The very naked name of love.” — Shak.
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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.(Bot.)
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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.(Mus.)
Phrases & compounds
Naked bed —
a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times.
Naked eye —
the eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device.
Naked-eyed medusa —
See Hydromedusa.
Naked flooring —
the timberwork which supports a floor.
Naked mollusk —
a nudibranch.
Naked wood —
a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish.