1. (of a person or part of the body) without clothes: "he'd never seen a naked woman before"Similarnudebarein the nudestark nakedwith nothing onstrippedunclothedundresseduncoveredin a state of naturedisrobeduncladundrapedexposedau naturelinformal:without a stitch onin one's birthday suitin the rawin the altogetherin the buffas naked as the day one was bornin the nuddymother nakedstarkersin the scudscuddybare-assedbuck nakedbollockyvulgar slang:bollock-nakedOppositeclotheddressed
▪ (of an object) without the usual covering or protection: "her room was lit by a single naked bulb"SimilarunprotecteduncoveredexposedopenunguardedunsheatheddrawnOppositecoveredsheathed
▪ (of a tree, plant, or animal) without leaves, hairs, scales, shell, etc.: "the twisted trunks and naked branches of the trees"Similarbarebarrenstarkdenudedstrippeduncoveredtreelessgrasslessrare:defoliated
Word OriginOld Englishnacod, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naakt and German nackt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nudus and Sanskrit nagna.