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naked en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(US) audio
/ˈneɪkɪd/
(Southern-England) audio
/neɪkt/ nonstandard, influenced by sense 2
/ˈnɛkɪd/ (Southern-US)

Etymology

From Middle English naked, from Old English nacod, from Proto-West Germanic *nak(k)wad, from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked”). Doublet of nude (remotely).

Meanings

Bare, not covered by clothing.
- Christ commeth not bare or naked, but clothed and accompanied with all his mercies. 1579, William Wilkinson, A confutation of certaine articles deliuered vnto the Familye of Loue:
- Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband. 1964, Philip K. Dick, “THIRTEEN”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 193:
- Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.[…] Every year, a few krogan attempt to land on Kruban and exit their ships naked in an attempt to prove their "kroganhood." The planet's surface is littered with the crushed, corroded remains of their ships. Only one, Shath Norda, is known to have returned from the surface alive, albeit with most of his bones crushed and all four of his lungs damaged by sulfuric gas. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban:
- He was as naked as the day he was born.
(colloquial, obsolete) Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.
- For no body would staye to give them intelligence, the countrey people running evry wher out of ther waye, and some of them flying out of ther bedds nacked in their shirts, who runne to the neerest rockes on the sea syde; so formidable was ther very name. 1680, James Gordon, History of Scots Affairs:
(figuratively) Unadorned, without decoration or circumlocution; put bluntly.
- And after the past few days, in which a fleet of Republicans and the president himself have utilized Jews as human shields for racist rhetoric, the Jews are tired, tired, tired of being used as defenses against naked racism, tired of being used to justify conditions at detention camps. Just plain tired. 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:
- This is the naked truth.
- The naked facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.
(of a setting or situation) Involving naked people.
- The satirical historian has not blushed to describe the naked scenes which Theodora was not ashamed to exhibit in the theatre. 1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
- So here I went the first time into a naked bed, only my drawers on; and did sleep pretty well: but still both sleeping and waking had a fear of fire in my heart, that I took little rest. 1666, Samuel Pepys, Diary:
(obsolete) Unarmed.
- You an’t even with me yet, ſays ſhe; I ſcorn as much to take up a Sword againſt a Naked Man; as you ought to have ſcorn’d, if you had been a Gentleman, to give the Lie to a Woman. 1727, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions:
Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected.
- Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades. 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
- The tendrils of the naked flame stretched into the skies.
- Naked mRNA is quickly degraded by extracellular RNases¹⁷ and is not internalized efficiently. Thus, a great variety of in vitro and in vivo transfection reagents have been developed that facilitate cellular uptake of mRNA and protect it from degradation. 2018 April, Norbert Pardi, Michael J. Hogan, Frederick W. Porter, Drew Weissman, “mRNA vaccines — a new era in vaccinology”, in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, volume 17, →DOI, page 262:
(of an eye) Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. ▸ Unaided; not using an optical device such as telescope or binoculars.
- If all celestial bodies visible to the naked eye are thus mapped on the celestial sphere, it becomes apparent that the vast majority of them remain in fixed patterns with respect to each other: They form recognizable constellations that, in turn, remain unchangeably distributed. 2001, Asger Aaboe, Episodes From the Early History of Astronomy:
Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. ▸ Having no fur, feathers or scales on the skin; like a human.
- We naked apes must be ever watchful for thorns and poison ivy as we hike the trail.
(of a blade) Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. ▸ Unsheathed, bare.
- There was a knock at the door. “Enter,” said the princess. An officer appeared with his naked sword in his hand. 1898, Amédée Achard, “XIX: What There Is Behind A Wall”, in William M. Hale, transl., The Sword of a Gascon, page 169:
(of a penis) Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. ▸ Without a condom.
- I entered her naked and came in her too.
(of a derivative contract) Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. ▸ Sold by someone who does not, at that time, own the underlying asset to cover the contract.
- a naked put; a naked call
(figuratively) Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. ▸ Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.
- I feel naked without my mobile phone.
(of food or other consumer products) Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. ▸ Lacking some ingredient, component, or additive usually present.
- Naked Bacon (a brand without nitrates or phosphates)
- a naked burger (without a bun)
- a naked burrito (i.e. one without a tortilla)
(literary) Lacking resources or means, poor.
- I knowe my self moost naked in al artes, / My comune ne vulgare eke moost interupte, / And I conversaunte and born in the partes / Where my natyfe langage is moost corrupt, / And with most sundry tonges myxt and rupte. 1480, anonymous author, Cura Sapientiæ; or, The Court of Sapience, William Caxton:
- I am a poor Man, naked, / Yet ſomething for Remembrance; four a piece, Gentlemen, / And ſo my Body where you pleaſe. c. 1625, John Fletcher, The Humorous Lieutenant:
Lacking (something) or devoid (of something) [with of].
- Freewill is made naked of all maner merite. 1581, Walter Haddon, John Foxe, translated by James Bell, Against Ierome Osorius Byshopp of Siluane in Portingall and Against His Slaunderous Inuectiues: An Aunswere Apologeticall: for the Necessary Defence of the Euangelicall Doctrine and Veritie:
- Their eyes were opened to ſee their nakedneſſe: naked they were of diuine protection and fauor, naked of Angelicall guard and cuſtodie, naked of Humane puritie and holineſſe, naked of dutifull subiection from the rebelling Creatures; 1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrim: Microcosmus, or the Historie of Man, relating the Wonders of his Generation, Vanities in his Degeneration, Necessity of His Regeneration:
- I have spent about three weeks at home since Dec 1. As always, I am naked of good article ideas—despite my constant involvement with good subjects. 1969, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist:
(obsolete) Blank, clean, empty.
- For in the first it finds the mind naked and unprepossessed with any former notions, and so easily and insensibly gains upon the assent, grows up with it, and incorporates into it. c. 1660, Robert South, Sermon on John vii. 17.:
(of land, qualifier:rocks; or plants; rocks; or plants) Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.
(of a singularity) Not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.

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most naked	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more naked	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Translations (292)

de nackt (bare, not covered by clothing) · gd rùisgte (bare, not covered by clothing) · ka შიშველი (bare, not covered by clothing) · mr नागडी (bare, not covered by clothing) · th ล่อนจ้อน (bare, not covered by clothing) · lo ເປືອຍ (bare, not covered by clothing) · mn ᠨᠢᠴᠦᠭᠦᠨ (bare, not covered by clothing) · nds naakd (bare, not covered by clothing) · ka ტიტველი (bare, not covered by clothing) · non nakinn (bare, not covered by clothing) · es en cueros vivos (bare, not covered by clothing) · izh paljakas (bare, not covered by clothing) · ota عریان (bare, not covered by clothing) · pl goły (bare, not covered by clothing) · be го́лы (bare, not covered by clothing) · es chirizo (bare, not covered by clothing) · sv näck (bare, not covered by clothing) · hy մերկ (bare, not covered by clothing) · arz عريان (bare, not covered by clothing) · id bogel (bare, not covered by clothing) · pt nu (bare, not covered by clothing) · es llucho (bare, not covered by clothing) · zu nqunu (bare, not covered by clothing) · ro gol (bare, not covered by clothing) · tyz cùng càng (bare, not covered by clothing) · gd lomnochd (bare, not covered by clothing) · hu kopár (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · mi tahanga (bare, not covered by clothing) · bcl hubang pulos (bare, not covered by clothing) · fur nût (bare, not covered by clothing) · bg незащитен (unprotected) · yue 冇着衫 (bare, not covered by clothing) · ru незащищённый (unprotected) · mk гол (bare, not covered by clothing) · tk ýalaňaç (bare, not covered by clothing) · es chuto (bare, not covered by clothing) · jv wuda (bare, not covered by clothing) · ru го́лый (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · fr nu (bare, not covered by clothing) · nds naked (bare, not covered by clothing) · kmr tazî (bare, not covered by clothing) · mi pakiwhara (bare, not covered by clothing) · mi hahake (bare, not covered by clothing) · evn дюлакин (bare, not covered by clothing) · es bichi (bare, not covered by clothing) · pl nagi (bare, not covered by clothing) · fy neaken (bare, not covered by clothing) · sc nuu (bare, not covered by clothing) · mi kirikau (bare, not covered by clothing) · es chingo (bare, not covered by clothing) · hi नग्न (bare, not covered by clothing) · gv lhome (bare, not covered by clothing) · got 𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌸𐍃 (bare, not covered by clothing) · ady пцӏанэ (bare, not covered by clothing) · scn nudu (bare, not covered by clothing) · uk наги́й (bare, not covered by clothing) · mn ᠱᠠᠯᠳᠠᠩ (bare, not covered by clothing) · gl espido (bare, not covered by clothing) · ru наго́й (bare, not covered by clothing) · vec desnù (bare, not covered by clothing) · ovd nakun (bare, not covered by clothing) · acw عُرْيان (bare, not covered by clothing) · lt nuogas (bare, not covered by clothing) · it svestito (bare, not covered by clothing) · kk жалаңаш (bare, not covered by clothing) · as উদং (bare, not covered by clothing) · mt mikxuf (bare, not covered by clothing) · af naak (bare, not covered by clothing) · tl hubo at hubad (bare, not covered by clothing) · sh гол (bare, not covered by clothing) · lad desnudo (bare, not covered by clothing) · is óvarinn (unprotected) · fr nu (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · it nudo (bare, not covered by clothing) · ba шәрә (bare, not covered by clothing) · sq cull (bare, not covered by clothing) · ce дерзина (bare, not covered by clothing) · pdt noaktich (bare, not covered by clothing) · is ber (bare, not covered by clothing) · kbd пцӏанэ (bare, not covered by clothing) · tr çıplak (bare, not covered by clothing) · fi kelteisillään (bare, not covered by clothing) · or ନଗ୍ନ (bare, not covered by clothing) · eve дьулаккан (bare, not covered by clothing) · mn шалдан (bare, not covered by clothing) · is ber (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · es desabrigado (unprotected) · sc nudu (bare, not covered by clothing) · sl nag (bare, not covered by clothing) · sq lakuriq (bare, not covered by clothing) · uz ochiq (bare, not covered by clothing) · vi khoả thân (bare, not covered by clothing) · goh nackot (unprotected) · uli chawchew (bare, not covered by clothing) · ru обнажённый (bare, not covered by clothing) · ms telanjang (bare, not covered by clothing) · lad dezbragado (bare, not covered by clothing) · ajp عريان (bare, not covered by clothing) · sv avklädd (bare, not covered by clothing) · sc nu (bare, not covered by clothing) · es encuero (bare, not covered by clothing) · vi trần truồng (bare, not covered by clothing) · sv bar (bare, not covered by clothing) · vo nüdik (bare, not covered by clothing) · to telefua (bare, not covered by clothing) · cs nahý (bare, not covered by clothing) · is nakinn (bare, not covered by clothing) · qu q'ara (bare, not covered by clothing) · grc γυμνός (bare, not covered by clothing) · goh nackot (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · ltg plyks (bare, not covered by clothing) · lv kails (bare, not covered by clothing) · xh ntswempu (bare, not covered by clothing) · sq blec (bare, not covered by clothing) · ccc kolochoshko (bare, not covered by clothing) · sv naken (bare, not covered by clothing) · sm telefua (bare, not covered by clothing) · es chulón (bare, not covered by clothing) · tet molik (bare, not covered by clothing) · cmn 赤裸 (bare, not covered by clothing) · ro dezbrăcat (bare, not covered by clothing) · fur crot (bare, not covered by clothing) · ru невооружённый (unprotected) · xh ze (bare, not covered by clothing) · lt plikas (bare, not covered by clothing) · tk ýalanaç (bare, not covered by clothing) · xal шалдң (bare, not covered by clothing) · es en pelotas (bare, not covered by clothing) · lo ປະເປືອຍ (bare, not covered by clothing) · fi puhdas (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · fi raaka (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · la nudus (bare, not covered by clothing) · da åben (unprotected) · bn উলঙ্গ (bare, not covered by clothing) · sh го (bare, not covered by clothing) · av гӏицӏаб (bare, not covered by clothing) · oc desnut (bare, not covered by clothing) · ka დედიშობილა (bare, not covered by clothing) · ang nacod (bare, not covered by clothing) · or ଲଙ୍ଗଳା (bare, not covered by clothing) · fo nakin (bare, not covered by clothing) · ps بربنډ (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · sv blottad (bare, not covered by clothing) · bn বিবস্ত্র (bare, not covered by clothing) · bg гол (bare, not covered by clothing) · pam lubas (bare, not covered by clothing) · chr ᎤᏰᎸᎭᎢ (bare, not covered by clothing) · et paljas (bare, not covered by clothing) · ast desvistíu (bare, not covered by clothing) · es desnudo (bare, not covered by clothing) · he ערום (bare, not covered by clothing) · uz yalangʻoch (bare, not covered by clothing) · sl gol (bare, not covered by clothing) · es en pelota (bare, not covered by clothing) · ps لوڅ (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · eo nuda (bare, not covered by clothing) · goh nackot (bare, not covered by clothing) · sh nag (bare, not covered by clothing) · ary عريان (bare, not covered by clothing) · ru го́лый (bare, not covered by clothing) · cmn 裸體 /裸体 (bare, not covered by clothing) · sh gol (bare, not covered by clothing) · no naken (unprotected) · sk nahý (bare, not covered by clothing) · cu нагъ (bare, not covered by clothing) · bg гол (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · ug يالىڭاچ (bare, not covered by clothing) · da utilsløret (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · af nakend (bare, not covered by clothing) · sq gollomësh (bare, not covered by clothing) · hu csupasz (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · af naakt (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · be нагі́ (bare, not covered by clothing) · ps بربنډ (unprotected) · sl gol (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · yi נאַקעט (bare, not covered by clothing) · non berr (bare, not covered by clothing) · kaw wuda (bare, not covered by clothing) · akl oba (bare, not covered by clothing) · it ignudo (bare, not covered by clothing) · fi avoin (unprotected) · da nøgen (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · ab аҟьантаз (bare, not covered by clothing) · no naken (bare, not covered by clothing) · da bar (bare, not covered by clothing) · nl ongekleed (bare, not covered by clothing) · rmf uutan koola (bare, not covered by clothing) · da nøgen (bare, not covered by clothing) · ps لوڅ (bare, not covered by clothing) · hu pucér (bare, not covered by clothing) · es calato (bare, not covered by clothing) · fi paljas (unprotected) · hu puszta (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · izh paljas (bare, not covered by clothing) · bn উদলা (bare, not covered by clothing) · sh go (bare, not covered by clothing) · ka ტანჩაუცმელი (bare, not covered by clothing) · sw uchi (bare, not covered by clothing) · zza veran (bare, not covered by clothing) · da splitternøgen (bare, not covered by clothing) · vec nuo (bare, not covered by clothing) · nl naakt (bare, not covered by clothing) · hu csupasz (bare, not covered by clothing) · is allsber (bare, not covered by clothing) · es calancho (bare, not covered by clothing) · fur nûd (bare, not covered by clothing) · fa برهنه (bare, not covered by clothing) · ca nu (bare, not covered by clothing) · fi avo- (unprotected) · af kaalbas (bare, not covered by clothing) · gd lom (unprotected) · mn нүцгэн (bare, not covered by clothing) · cu голъ (bare, not covered by clothing) · sc nuo (bare, not covered by clothing) · nl naakt (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · es en cueros (bare, not covered by clothing) · is ber (unprotected) · scn nuru (bare, not covered by clothing) · pt pelado (bare, not covered by clothing) · af kaal (bare, not covered by clothing) · rgn nud (bare, not covered by clothing) · dsb nagi (bare, not covered by clothing) · tyv чанагаш (bare, not covered by clothing) · ja 裸 (bare, not covered by clothing) · hrx nackich (bare, not covered by clothing) · cy noeth (bare, not covered by clothing) · ko 벌거벗다 (bare, not covered by clothing) · hi नंगा (bare, not covered by clothing) · gv lhome (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · sc nutu (bare, not covered by clothing) · es en bolas (bare, not covered by clothing) · ur ننگا (bare, not covered by clothing) · dlm noid (bare, not covered by clothing) · uk го́лий (bare, not covered by clothing) · ug ئوچۇق (bare, not covered by clothing) · ps بربنډ (bare, not covered by clothing) · hu meztelen (bare, not covered by clothing) · pt despido (bare, not covered by clothing) · oc nud (bare, not covered by clothing) · nl onopgesmukt (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · es viringo (bare, not covered by clothing) · id telanjang (bare, not covered by clothing) · mr नागडे (bare, not covered by clothing) · inh верзан (bare, not covered by clothing) · lmo biott (bare, not covered by clothing) · et alasti (bare, not covered by clothing) · rmf nango (bare, not covered by clothing) · ar عَارٍ (bare, not covered by clothing) · fy bleat (bare, not covered by clothing) · ky жылаңач (bare, not covered by clothing) · no naken (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · nl bloot (bare, not covered by clothing) · izh alastoin (bare, not covered by clothing) · fr tout nu (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · kk тыржалаңаш (bare, not covered by clothing) · az çılpaq (bare, not covered by clothing) · non naktr (bare, not covered by clothing) · yue 冇著衫 (bare, not covered by clothing) · fi alasti (bare, not covered by clothing) · kw noth (bare, not covered by clothing) · ko 벌거벗은 (bare, not covered by clothing) · el τσιτσίδι (bare, not covered by clothing) · th โล้งโต้ง (bare, not covered by clothing) · es pilucho (bare, not covered by clothing) · lv pliks (bare, not covered by clothing) · bn নগ্ন (bare, not covered by clothing) · as নাঙঠ (bare, not covered by clothing) · ca despullat (bare, not covered by clothing) · da blottet (bare, not covered by clothing) · hy տկլոր (bare, not covered by clothing) · hsb nahi (bare, not covered by clothing) · gd lom (bare, not covered by clothing) · pt nu (unadorned, without decoration, put bluntly) · os бӕгънӕг (bare, not covered by clothing) · he עירום (bare, not covered by clothing) · ga nocht (bare, not covered by clothing) · fi alaston (bare, not covered by clothing) · el γυμνός (bare, not covered by clothing) · ru го́лый (unprotected) · ast desnudu (bare, not covered by clothing) · eu biluzi (bare, not covered by clothing) · cmn 裸 (bare, not covered by clothing) · mr नागडा (bare, not covered by clothing) · ckb ڕووت (bare, not covered by clothing) · sk holý (bare, not covered by clothing) · sh наг (bare, not covered by clothing) · nys balak (bare, not covered by clothing) · fa لخت (bare, not covered by clothing) · tg бараҳна (bare, not covered by clothing) · da uafskærmet (unprotected) · br noazh (bare, not covered by clothing) · ar عُرْيَان (bare, not covered by clothing)

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naked en · ADJ · etymology 1

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