naked.
Bare, not covered by clothing.
Meaning & usage
Bare, not covered by clothing.
He was as naked as the day he was born.
Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.
Unadorned, without decoration or circumlocution; put bluntly.
This is the naked truth.
The naked facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.
Involving naked people.
Unarmed.
Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected.
The tendrils of the naked flame stretched into the skies.
Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. Unaided; not using an optical device such as telescope or binoculars.
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.
Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. Unsheathed, bare.
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.
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
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.
Lacking some sort of covering, protection, or accoutrement which might otherwise be expected. Lacking some ingredient, component, or additive usually present.
a naked burrito (i.e. one without a tortilla)
a naked burger (without a bun)
Lacking resources or means, poor.
Lacking (something) or devoid (of something) [with of].
Blank, clean, empty.
Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.
Not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.
Where this word comes from
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).
simple past and past participle of nake
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