"naked" Definition

Definitions for the word "naked" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Mere; simple; plain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
1 without clothes; nude. 2 without its usual covering. 3 undisguised (the naked truth). 4 (of a light, flame, sword, etc.) Unprotected or unsheathed. nakedly adv. Nakedness n. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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