Naked
Naked (nā"ked) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon nacod; akin to Dutch naakt, German nackt, Old High German nacchot, nahhot, Icelandic nokvier, nakinn, Swedish naken, Danish nogen, Gothic naqaþs, Lithuanian nůgas, Russ. nagii, Latin nudus, Sanskrit nagna. r266. Compare Nude.]
1.
Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
2.
Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; as, naked to invasion.
Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Thy power is full naked.
Behold my bosom naked to your swords.
3.
Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left naked.
4.
Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out.
All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
5.
Mere; simple; plain; as, the naked truth.
The very naked name of love.
6.
(Botany) 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.
7.
(Music) 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.
Collocations (6)
Naked bed , a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. — Shakespeare
Naked eye , the eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device.
Naked flooring (Carpentry) , the timberwork which supports a floor. — Gwilt
Naked mollusk (Zoology) , a nudibranch.
Naked wood (Botany) , a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. — C. S. Sargent