Definition von naked

Häufigkeit

naked

(neɪkɪd )

1. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun, ADJECTIVE after verb, verb-link ADJECTIVE]

Someone who is naked is not wearing any clothes.

Her naked body was found wrapped in a sheet in a field.

The hot paving stones scorched my naked feet.

They stripped me naked.

He stood naked in front of me.

Synonyme:nude, stripped, exposed, bare Weitere Synonyme von naked

nakedness unzählbares Substantiv [oft poss NOUN]

He had pulled the blanket over his body to hide his nakedness.

Synonyme:starkness, simplicity, openness, plainness Weitere Synonyme von naked

Synonyme:nudity, undress, bareness, deshabille Weitere Synonyme von naked

2. See also stark naked

3. Adjektiv

If an animal or part of an animal is naked, it has no fur or feathers on it.

The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.

4. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE after verb, verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE noun]

If you say that someone is naked or feels naked, you mean they are powerless or have no way of protecting themselves.

If the reports are accurate, the deal leaves the authorities and the President virtually naked.

Synonyme:defenceless, vulnerable, helpless, wide open Weitere Synonyme von naked

5. Adjektiv [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

You can describe an object as naked when it does not have its normal covering.

...a naked bulb dangling in a bare room.

The water was heated by a naked gas flame.

6. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun]

Naked emotions are easy to recognize, because they are very strongly felt.

[written]

The naked hatred in the woman's face shocked me.

There had been naked misery in her voice when she'd spoken about the letter.

nakedly Abgestuftes Adverb

She was embarrassed at showing her fear so nakedly.

7. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun]

You can use naked to describe unpleasant or violent actions and behaviour which are not disguised or hidden in any way.

[journalism]

Naked aggression and an attempt to change frontiers by force could not go unchallenged.

...violence and the naked pursuit of power.

...naked greed.

Synonyme:undisguised, open, simple, plain Weitere Synonyme von naked

the naked eye

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Häufigkeit

naked in American

(ˈneɪkɪd ; nāˈkid)

Adjektiv

completely unclothed; bare; nude

uncovered; exposed

said of parts of the body

lacking clothing, means of support, etc.; destitute

without protection or defense

without conventional or usual covering

; specif.,

out of its sheath

a naked sword

without grass, vegetation, etc.

without furnishing, decoration, etc.

a naked wall

without additions, ornaments, disguises, or embellishments; plain; stark

the naked truth

without the aid of a microscope, telescope, etc.

the naked eye

7. Botany

without leaves, corolla, ovary, perianth, etc.

8. Law

lacking a necessary condition; invalid

a naked contract

9. Zoology

without hair, scales, feathers, shell, etc.

SIMILAR WORDS: bare

Abgeleitete Formen

nakedly (ˈnakedly)

Adverb

nakedness (ˈnakedness)

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von naked

ME < OE nacod, akin to Ger nackt < IE base *nogw-, naked > Sans nagná-, L nudus

Häufigkeit

naked in British

(ˈneɪkɪd )

Adjektiv

having the body completely unclothed; undressed

Compare bare1

having no covering; bare; exposed

a naked flame

with no qualification or concealment; stark; plain

the naked facts

unaided by any optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope (esp in the phrase the naked eye)

with no defence, protection, or shield

6. (usually foll by of)

stripped or destitute

naked of weapons

(of the seeds of gymnosperms) not enclosed in a pericarp

(of flowers) lacking a perianth

(of stems) lacking leaves and other appendages

10.

(of animals) lacking hair, feathers, scales, etc

11. law

unsupported by authority or financial or other consideration

a naked contract

lacking some essential condition to render valid; incomplete

Abgeleitete Formen

nakedly (ˈnakedly)

Adverb

nakedness (ˈnakedness)

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von naked

Old English nacod; related to Old High German nackot (German nackt), Old Norse noktr, Latin nudus

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The latter are so small you would not see them with the naked eye. The Sun (2016)It can show you things that you simply cannot see with the naked eye. Times, Sunday Times (2017)Both he and the woman in it were completely naked. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Because it tells you what you can't see with the naked eye. Times, Sunday Times (2016)It is her naked body, after all. Times, Sunday Times (2016)WOMEN who got a man drunk before chopping vegetables on his naked body were behind bars last night. The Sun (2017)THREE women picked up a footballer in a pub, gave him vodka until he passed out then sliced onions over his naked body and cut his hair. The Sun (2016)They were dragging a naked body by a rope down the street. Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)To the naked eye it was no more than a brown lump. Times, Sunday Times (2013)The body was naked from the waist down and his arms were swollen. Times, Sunday Times (2016)The worms cannot be seen by the naked eye. Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)Which is handy because to gain entry to the grounds of the original campsite you must be completely naked. The Sun (2016)There are hundreds of stars in this cluster and the brightest ten or so are easily visible to the naked eye. The Sun (2011)Might it not sometimes serve as a cover for blind ambition and naked self-interest? Times, Sunday Times (2008)Maybe it's an accomplishment that the naked human body still has the power to shock. Times, Sunday Times (2006)For days his naked body lay in a cold store in Misrata. Times, Sunday Times (2011)I do not want my naked body in your movie. Times, Sunday Times (2013)My girlfriend went completely naked. Times, Sunday Times (2012)For this was a place of harsh fluorescent tubes and naked bulbs; a place starved of any real glimpse of the sun. Kennedy, Douglas In God's Country: travels in the Bible belt, USA. (1989)Would-be strippers were told: 'Some strippers will remain in underwear but others may become completely naked. Times, Sunday Times (2013)I feel bare, naked, raw. Times, Sunday Times (2007)