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naked

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
naked /ˈnākid, ˈneɪkɪd /
▸ adjective
1 (of a person or part of the body) without clothes:
he'd never seen a naked woman before
he was stripped naked.
▪ (of an object) without the usual covering or protection:
her room was lit by a single naked bulb.
▪ (of a tree, plant, or animal) without leaves, hairs, scales, shell, etc.:
the twisted trunks and naked branches of the trees.
▪ exposed to harm; unprotected or vulnerable:
John looked naked and defenseless without his glasses.
2 [attributive] (of something such as feelings or behavior) undisguised; blatant:
the naked truth
naked, unprovoked aggression.
– PHRASES
the naked eye
unassisted vision, without a telescope, microscope, or other device:
through his telescope Galileo observed myriads of stars invisible to the naked eye
threadworm eggs are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye.
– DERIVATIVES
nakedly /ˈnākidlē, ˈneɪkɪdli / adverb
– ORIGIN Old English nacod, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naakt and German nackt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nudus and Sanskrit nagna.