naked

/'neikid/
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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Having no clothing on the body; completely unclothed: The most common meaning, describing a person or animal without any clothes.
    • Lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering: Used to describe objects, plants, or landscapes that are bare, stripped, or exposed.
    • Devoid of embellishment, concealment, or disguise; plain and evident: Describing something presented in its most basic, unadorned, or undeniable form, such as truth or emotion.
    • Unaided by any optical or acoustic device: Referring to what can be perceived directly by the eye or ear without instruments.
Usage and Examples

  • Describing a person without clothes:

    • The children ran naked into the sea.
    • The statue depicted a naked figure.

  • Describing something bare or exposed:

    • The naked branches were silhouetted against the winter sky.
    • They built a fire on the naked rock.

  • Describing something plain, undisguised, or raw:

    • He felt a surge of naked fear.
    • She told him the naked truth about the incident.

  • Describing unaided perception:

    • Bacteria are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
Advanced Usage
  • "Naked of": Lacking or stripped of something that is normally present.
    • The walls were naked of any decoration.
  • "Naked to": Exposed or vulnerable to something.
    • His insecurity left him feeling naked to criticism.
Variants and Related Words
  • Nakedly (adverb): In a naked manner; plainly, openly.
    • The power struggle was nakedly apparent.
  • Nakedness (noun): The state or quality of being naked.
    • The nakedness of the landscape was striking.
Synonyms
  • Bare: Lacking the usual or appropriate covering.
  • Nude: A synonym often used specifically for unclothed human figures, especially in art.
  • Uncovered: Having no cover or protection.
  • Exposed: Left unprotected, especially from view or attack.
  • Stark: Severe, bare, and plain in appearance.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • The naked eye: Normal vision without the help of optical instruments like telescopes or microscopes.
  • Naked truth: The plain, unvarnished truth without any attempt to soften or disguise it.
  • Naked ambition/power/aggression: Ambition, power, or aggression that is blatant and undisguised.
  • (Stark) naked: Completely and utterly naked. "Stark" intensifies the meaning.
    • He was standing stark naked in the room.
Adjective
  1. lacking any cover
    • naked branches of the trees
    • lie on the naked rock
  2. devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
    • naked ambition
    • raw fury
    • you may kill someone someday with your raw power
  3. (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument
    • visible to the naked eye
  4. having no protecting or concealing cover
    • naked to mine enemies- Shakespeare
  5. completely unclothed
    • bare bodies
    • naked from the waist up
    • a nude model

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