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NAKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Completely unclothed
Example:
a nude model
Synonyms:
au naturel; bare; naked; nude
Classified under:
Similar:
unclothed (not wearing clothing)
Derivation:
nakedness (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking any cover
Example:
lie on the naked rock
Classified under:
Similar:
bare (lacking its natural or customary covering)
Derivation:
nakedness (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
Example:
you may kill someone someday with your raw power
Synonyms:
naked; raw
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
open; overt (open and observable; not secret or hidden)
Derivation:
nakedness (characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Having no protecting or concealing cover
Example:
naked to mine enemies
Synonyms:
defenseless; naked
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unprotected (lacking protection or defense)
Derivation:
nakedness (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument
Example:
visible to the naked eye
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unassisted (lacking help)
Context examples:
He consented, and I immediately stripped myself stark naked, and went down softly into the stream.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
A question about whether an individual finds or found it difficult looking at themselves naked.
(Difficult to Look at Self Naked, NCI Thesaurus)
I can hardly claim to take serious notice of anything that I can see with my naked eye.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Infrared wavelengths of light are longer than visible light and cannot be seen with the naked eye.
(Studies Find Echoes of Black Holes Eating Stars, NASA)
He was all but naked, a ragged and fire-scorched skin hanging part way down his back, but on his body there was much hair.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Jim Hall had only his naked hands and his teeth.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Depending on the virus, the nucleocapsid may correspond to a naked core or be surrounded by a membranous envelope.
(Nucleocapsid Protein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Once the plastic undergoes this transformation, its original form disappears from the environment, and it forms entirely new byproducts that cannot be seen by the naked eye.
(Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected, National Science Foundation)
At the time of writing Betelgeuse is at about 36% of its normal brightness, a change noticeable even to the naked eye.
(ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse, ESO)
