Naked \Na"ked\ (n[=a]"k[e^]d), a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt,
G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. n["o]kvi[eth]r, nakinn,
Sw. naken, Dan. n["o]gen, Goth. naqa[thorn]s, Lith. n[*u]gas,
Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. [root]266. Cf. Nude.]
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1. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked
body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
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2. Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed;
defenseless; as, naked to invasion.
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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. --King Henry
VIII., Act
iii. sc. 2
(Shakespeare)
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Thy power is full naked. --Chaucer.
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Behold my bosom naked to your swords. --Addison.
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3. Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of
sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
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Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public,
and whom they saw now left naked. --Milton.
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4. Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed
or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
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The truth appears so naked on my side, That any
purblind eye may find it out. --Shak.
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All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him
with whom we have to do. --Heb. iv. 13.
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5. Mere; simple; plain; as, the naked truth.
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The very naked name of love. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) 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.
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7. (Mus.) 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.
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Naked bed, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night
linen being worn in ancient times. --Shak.
Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by
telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device.
Naked-eyed medusa. (Zool.) See Hydromedusa.
Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a
floor. --Gwilt.
Naked mollusk (Zool.), a nudibranch.
Naked wood (Bot.), 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.
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Syn: Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed;
unarmed; plain; defenseless.
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