nakedna‧ked /ˈneɪkɪd/ ●●● S3 adjective 
The children ran naked through the yard. a picture of a naked man They found the body lying half naked in the grass. The governor ordered the prisoner to be stripped naked and whipped.stark naked (also buck naked/naked as a jaybird )American English (=completely naked)RegisterIn everyday English, people often say that someone has nothing on or doesn’t have anything on rather than say they are naked:· They ran through the yard with nothing on.2the naked eye if you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using anything to help you, such as a telescopevisible to/with the naked eye The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye.3weak and unable to protect yourself: Standing in front on his first day of teaching, Brad felt completely naked.4naked truth/self-interest/aggression etc truth, self-interest, aggression etc that is not hidden and is shocking: The president condemned the invasion as an act of naked aggression.5naked light/flame/sword etc a light, flame etc that is not enclosed by a cover: A naked light bulb dangled from the ceiling.—nakedly adverb—nakedness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSnaked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes – used especially when this seems rather shocking: · a naked man· He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone.· his naked chesthave nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked: · Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on!· The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes: · The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc: · a nude portrait of his wifeundressed [not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc: · Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed.· Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered: · a topless waitressin the nude not wearing any clothes: · Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes: · He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear: · In summertime, he likes to go commando.in the buff informal not wearing any clothes – a very informal use: · a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff
WORD ORIGINnaked
Origin:
Old English nacodEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Claire walks around naked all the time.
- He was lying on the bed, completely naked.
- I walked in, and Mr Tolifero was standing there buck naked.
- The magazine was full of pictures of naked men.
- He felt a stillness, looking at his first naked girl, grown-up, outside a magazine.
- He pulled it off and threw it behind him, revealing himself naked to the waist.
- His knowledge is slim, transparent to the naked eye.
- Male bodies, nearly naked, flesh rigid with cold beneath a silvery moon, were a brand-new experience to her.
- Nor did her current lack of encouragement prevent him from continuing to imagine her naked.
- We all had swimsuits on, we weren't stripped naked.
- Without ceremony she dropped her silk gown, standing naked but for her briefs and her tattoos, which were all black.
THESAURUS
not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes – used especially when this seems rather shocking: · a naked man· He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone.· his naked chest
to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked: · Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on!· The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!
used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes: · The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.
naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc: · a nude portrait of his wife
[not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc: · Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed.· Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.
if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered: · a topless waitress
not wearing any clothes: · Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.
informal humorous not wearing any clothes: · He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.
informal humorous to not wear any underwear: · In summertime, he likes to go commando.
informal not wearing any clothes – a very informal use: · a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff
Longman Language Activatornot wearing any clothes especially spoken to not be wearing any clothes: · Don't come in yet - I don't have anything on!· I didn't want to walk near the windows with nothing on.
wearing no clothes - use this especially when it is surprising that someone is not wearing clothes: · He was lying on the bed, completely naked.· The magazine was full of pictures of naked men.stark nakedalso buck naked American (=completely naked): · I walked in, and Mr Tolifero was standing there buck naked.
wearing no clothes because you have just taken them off, for example to have a bath or go to bed: · When you're undressed, the nurse will come back and explain the procedure.
a part of your body that is bare is not covered by any clothes: · bare feet· The dress tied around her neck, leaving her shoulders bare.
a word meaning naked, used especially when talking about images of naked people in paintings, films etc: · At the front of the painting is a nude figure carrying a torch.nude photograph/scene/drawing etc (=showing someone wearing no clothes): · On the wall was a nude drawing of her husband.
if you do something in the nude , you do it wearing no clothes at all, especially when this is unusual, exciting, or shocking: · He told me he cleans his house in the nude!· The pictures show Collier on top of a New York skyscraper in the nude.
informal without any clothes on - used humorously: · Martin's threatened to turn up for the wedding in his birthday suit.
someone who enjoys not wearing any clothes because they believe it is natural and healthy: · A close friend who is a nudist, convinced Michelle to visit the community with him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They found the body lying half naked in the grass. The governor ordered the prisoner to be stripped naked and whipped. The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye. Standing in front on his first day of teaching, Brad felt completely naked.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Using a telescope, Galileo discovered stars that were invisible to the naked eye. The boys stripped naked and jumped in the pond.
They found the body lying half naked in the grass. The governor ordered the prisoner to be stripped naked and whipped. also buck naked/naked as a jaybird American English (=completely naked)
The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye. Standing in front on his first day of teaching, Brad felt completely naked. (=not enclosed with a cover)· Never use a naked flame near spray paint.
Using a telescope, Galileo discovered stars that were invisible to the naked eye. The boys stripped naked and jumped in the pond. (=the truth, with nothing added, left out, or hidden)· The simple truth is that there isn’t enough money to pay for it.
(=able to be seen without using special equipment)· The comet is now visible to the naked eye.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Sometimes the face of the Sun is covered in sunspots; other times it is almost naked of them.· It grows very quickly in the emersed form, and its stems and leaves are almost naked.· Just inside the foyer there was a long narrow mirror with an almost naked woman painted on it.· In front of him Renate was almost naked, but she recovered from her surprise quickly enough.· She felt almost naked, as if she were parading in her chemise.
· Now with the beautiful girl as naked model he works again - and disrupts his life.· His discomfort, his near contempt for the give-and-take of promotion is as naked as his shaven head.· They were as naked as the woman, and unarmed.· I was as naked as my lust.· Suddenly she stopped, and there was a look on her face ... I can only describe it as naked lust.
· Not a completely naked woman, not under any circumstances.· He was stretched out on his back, his sheet tossed off, completely naked and heedless.· When she was completely naked she turned to stare at him.· Removing the coat revealed her to be completely naked, which finally put the cat among the pigeons: they were banished!· The ventral interradial areas are completely naked.· Behind him, one of the girls floated past, completely naked, on her way to the bathroom.· He didn't like to make Viola completely naked - it seemed too prurient.
· He drifts round the corner, half naked.· Cold and half naked in the darkened bedroom, Cantor felt the day had taken a shape for the worse.· One of them, half naked, is as black as a Negro.· Her eyes widened, glowing at the half naked girl beside her.
· I was stark naked and trussed up like a Haggis in mourning.· The tormented Onna, stark naked, pushed the blade in and pulled it sideways.· Adam struggled, but he was too weak and the storm-troopers tore his trousers off, leaving him stark naked.· At that the quilt flew into the air and Joy and Janir erupted from it stark naked.
· Beneath the silken sheets his father lay there naked, the frailty of his body revealed.· In other camps rats lived under the seats and bit people as they sat there naked.· And then Murtach was crouched there naked in the night, watching him.· They stood there naked and shivering, huddled together as a soldier walked round them, prodding them with a baton.
NOUN· With their banshee wails, squalling guitars and naked aggression, they are baring their souls and they are angry.
· It reminded her how he had given her naked body that same assessment in the shower last night.· Twisted, starved, naked bodies stacked up like cordwood or tossed into great open pits.· She went under completely and on her way down Fernando caught her and raked her all the way down his naked body.· She wanted to feel Roman's skin against her and his hands on her naked body.· The doll had pins piercing the location of the heart when the police found it lying on the victim's naked body.· Quills is actually pretty tame on that front, with only a few naked bodies and a smattering of blood.
· And somehow she couldn't stop her gaze from straying to the triangle of naked chest where his shirt buttons were open.· By now his feet ached, and his naked chest was frozen as senseless as an iron shield.
· Technical problems To the naked eye the brain has a disturbingly homogeneous appearance.· To the naked eye, the bolts looked just like the others that protruded from other footings around the site.· It is easily visible with the naked eye, and binoculars give it a vaguely cruciform appearance.· The magnification is usually at least thirty times greater than what is normally seen with the naked eye.· He saw that there were many stars invisible to the naked eye.· In coarse-grained rocks the minerals are large enough to be seen with the naked eye.· It is visible with the naked eye, and its position close to Eta and Mu makes it very easy to locate.· Very simple geometrical forms exist in nature out there but most of them are ordinarily invisible to the naked eye.
· The defendant's house was raided and photographs of naked girls were found.· He felt a stillness, looking at his first naked girl, grown-up, outside a magazine.· Two elderly men were crouched over a naked girl who was strapped face down to some form of wooden rack.· Her eyes widened, glowing at the half naked girl beside her.· A naked girl burst through the crust, and the guest of honor reeled her in on a ribbon leash.
· But he could not quite help wondering if anyone would mistake him, Gabriel, for a naked lady.· Patrol cars cruised the intersection looking for a naked lady, but never stopped at the gas station.· All he knows is that a naked lady appeared outside his window Monday morning.· Every inch of space was covered with glossy colored pictures of naked ladies.
· This gives a double meaning to Blanche's hatred of naked light.· Obviously this is untrue - it is not the naked light that Blanche can not stand, it is the truth.· She likes to cover up the truth like she covers over the naked light.· A very powerful naked light bulb hung from the office ceiling.· She turned, all flaxen and pink and white, haloed by the naked light bulbs round the mirror.· He is like a naked light.· She hasn't got you locked up in a room with a naked light bulb.
· A naked man covered in tar and soot slithered by in pursuit of three young, giggling girls.· Last week, two community newspapers in Howard County ran front-page, color photographs of a naked man tending a campfire.· Couldn't you dedicate a few months of the year to naked men?· I looked down the street and I saw an entirely naked man walking along, smeared in ash.· Oh yes, and there were two naked men in the room.· Some people keep tapes of naked men and women, gasping and sweaty.· The photograph depicted two naked men, engaged in one of the most nauseating of homosexual acts.· No clothes, no corruption, Fong had reasoned: how do you go about bribing a naked man?
· Should we remove all pictures of naked people from gallery walls?· A straight and handsome tall white hunter is seen surrounded by tiny, Swarming naked people.
· Slipping the garment over her naked shoulders, she pulled it around herself and fastened the belt.· She put a warm hand on his naked shoulder.· Even in the darkness she caught the sweep of his eyes touching her naked shoulders.· She lay there, face down on her cot, her long, ash blonde hair spilling out across her naked shoulders.
· And that's the naked truth Yes that's the naked truth.· Revealed ... the naked truth about Paul McCartney.
· Not a completely naked woman, not under any circumstances.· As a hermit living in a cave, he refused the flock of naked women sent to tempt him.· There were police cars, fire engines, helicopters - oh yeah, and a naked woman.· Just inside the foyer there was a long narrow mirror with an almost naked woman painted on it.· She was just another naked woman in a painting.· It was as if he'd never seen a naked woman.· Through another door that had been left ajar, she could see a soldier moving on top of a naked woman.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes SYN nude: - At the same time, they became the first men to see the reverse side of the Moon with the naked eye.
- He examined the pieces with the naked eye, then with his glass, while behind him Isobel held her breath.
- Technical problems To the naked eye the brain has a disturbingly homogeneous appearance.
- The magnification is usually at least thirty times greater than what is normally seen with the naked eye.
- There are even several, in addition to the Pleiades, which can be seen with the naked eye.
- To the naked eye, the bolts looked just like the others that protruded from other footings around the site.
- Today, poverty is still obvious to the naked eye.
- What looked like individual lights to the naked eye actually split into two under the resolving power of the telescope.
- And that's the naked truth Yes that's the naked truth.
- Lonrho itself is authority for the view that pursuit of naked self-interest by criminal means can never amount to conspiracy.
- Revealed ... the naked truth about Paul McCartney.
- The aristocracy of this period has been castigated for its naked self-interest and expediency.
- With their banshee wails, squalling guitars and naked aggression, they are baring their souls and they are angry.
- A very powerful naked light bulb hung from the office ceiling.
- Both men were armed, each carrying a naked sword and dirk.
- He is like a naked light.
- Obviously this is untrue - it is not the naked light that Blanche can not stand, it is the truth.
- She likes to cover up the truth like she covers over the naked light.
- She turned, all flaxen and pink and white, haloed by the naked light bulbs round the mirror.
- This gives a double meaning to Blanche's hatred of naked light.
- And then she comes out of the room buck naked.
- We are all buck naked before the information providers of this world.
- The comet will be visible to the naked eye.
- At the same time, they became the first men to see the reverse side of the Moon with the naked eye.
- He examined the pieces with the naked eye, then with his glass, while behind him Isobel held her breath.
- Technical problems To the naked eye the brain has a disturbingly homogeneous appearance.
- The magnification is usually at least thirty times greater than what is normally seen with the naked eye.
- There are even several, in addition to the Pleiades, which can be seen with the naked eye.
- To the naked eye, the bolts looked just like the others that protruded from other footings around the site.
- Today, poverty is still obvious to the naked eye.
- What looked like individual lights to the naked eye actually split into two under the resolving power of the telescope.
- Adam struggled, but he was too weak and the storm-troopers tore his trousers off, leaving him stark naked.
- At that the quilt flew into the air and Joy and Janir erupted from it stark naked.
- He seemed embarrassed to be confronted by a woman, stark naked and a good twelve inches shorter than himself.
- He was still stark naked but had decided to get dressed.
- I was stark naked and trussed up like a Haggis in mourning.
- Sunny Jim is stark naked with a big piece of pizza in his right hand.
- The tormented Onna, stark naked, pushed the blade in and pulled it sideways.
- When they appeared in the dock they constituted the largest number of people ever to appear stark naked in a court room.
The children ran naked through the yard. a picture of a naked man They found the body lying half naked in the grass. The governor ordered the prisoner to be stripped naked and whipped.stark naked (also buck naked/naked as a jaybird )American English (=completely naked)RegisterIn everyday English, people often say that someone has nothing on or doesn’t have anything on rather than say they are naked:· They ran through the yard with nothing on.2the naked eye if you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using anything to help you, such as a telescopevisible to/with the naked eye The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye.3weak and unable to protect yourself: Standing in front on his first day of teaching, Brad felt completely naked.4naked truth/self-interest/aggression etc truth, self-interest, aggression etc that is not hidden and is shocking: The president condemned the invasion as an act of naked aggression.5naked light/flame/sword etc a light, flame etc that is not enclosed by a cover: A naked light bulb dangled from the ceiling.—nakedly adverb—nakedness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSnaked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes – used especially when this seems rather shocking: · a naked man· He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone.· his naked chesthave nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked: · Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on!· The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes: · The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc: · a nude portrait of his wifeundressed [not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc: · Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed.· Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered: · a topless waitressin the nude not wearing any clothes: · Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes: · He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear: · In summertime, he likes to go commando.in the buff informal not wearing any clothes – a very informal use: · a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff