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   naked

   /ˈneɪkɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or part of the body) without clothes: "he'd never seen a naked woman before" Similar nudebarein the nudestark nakedwith nothing onstrippedunclothedundresseduncoveredin a state of naturedisrobeduncladundrapedexposedau naturelinformal:without a stitch onin one's birthday suitin the rawin the altogetherin the buffas naked as the day one was bornin the nuddymother nakedstarkersin the scudscuddybare-assedbuck nakedbollockyvulgar slang:bollock-nakedOpposite clotheddressed
   • ▪ (of an object) without the usual covering or protection: "her room was lit by a single naked bulb" Similar unprotecteduncoveredexposedopenunguardedunsheatheddrawnOpposite coveredsheathed
   • ▪ (of a tree, plant, or animal) without leaves, hairs, scales, etc.: "the naked branches of the trees" Similar barebarrenstarkdenudedstrippeduncoveredtreelessgrasslessrare:defoliated
   • ▪ devoid of: "areas of skin naked of feathers"
   • ▪ exposed to harm; vulnerable: "John looked naked and defenceless without his spectacles" Similar vulnerablehelplessweakpowerlessdefencelessexposedunprotectedundefendedopen to attack
   • 2. (especially of feelings or behaviour) expressed openly; undisguised: "naked fear made him tremble" Similar undisguisedplainunadornedunvarnishedunveiledunqualifiedstarkbaldunexaggeratedsimpleovertobviousopenpatentevidentapparentmanifestunmistakablepalpableblatantglaringflagrantbarefacedout-and-outunmitigated

   Word Origin Old Englishnacod, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naakt and German nackt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nudus and Sanskrit nagna.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nakedly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

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