naked
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
naked/ˈneɪkɪd/
▶adjective
- 1 without clothes.
■ (of an object) without the usual covering or protection.
■ (of a tree, plant, or animal) without leaves, hairs, etc.
■ (naked of) devoid of.
■ (of feelings or behaviour) undisguised.
- 2 exposed to harm; vulnerable.
– phrases
the naked eye unassisted vision, without a telescope, microscope, or other device.
the naked eye unassisted vision, without a telescope, microscope, or other device.
– derivatives
nakedly adverb,
nakedness noun.
nakedly adverb,
nakedness noun.
– origin OE nacod, of Gmc origin.
'naked' also found in these Oxford entries:
altogether
- au naturel
- birthday
- bollocky
- brushtail
- buck naked
- buff
- butt
- centrefold
- drill
- friarbird
- gelada
- gymnasium
- gymno-
- gymnosophist
- hamadryas
- kouros
- macrophyte
- macroscopic
- Naga
- naked ladies
- nature
- nude
- nudist
- opossum
- peeping Tom
- putto
- raw
- savage
- skinny-dip
- sky-clad
- stark
- starkers
- streak
- tamandua
- unclad
- unclothed
- undraped
- undress
- undressed
- voyeur
