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naked

Syllabification: (na·ked)
Pronunciation: /ˈnākid/
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Definition of naked

adjective

  • 1(of a person or part of the body) without clothes:he’d never seen a naked woman before he was stripped naked
  • (of an object) without the usual covering or protection:her room was lit by a single naked bulb
  • (of a tree, plant, or animal) without leaves, hairs, scales, shell, etc.:the twisted trunks and naked branches of the trees
  • exposed to harm; unprotected or vulnerable:John looked naked and defenseless without his glasses
  • 2 [attributive] (of something such as feelings or behavior) undisguised; blatant:naked, unprovoked aggression the naked truth

Derivatives

nakedly

adverb

Origin:

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

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