naked

  • 31naked — na·ked nā kəd adj 1) lacking some natural external covering (as of hair or myelin) used of the animal body or one of its parts <naked nerve endings> <viroids are naked: the RNA strand is not encapsulated in a protein coat (Roger… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 32naked — [OE] Naked goes back ultimately to Indo European *nogw ‘unclothed’, which also produced Latin nūdus (source of English nude [16]) and Russian nagój ‘naked’. The past participial form derived from this, *nogwedhos, passed into prehistoric Germanic …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 33naked — [OE] Naked goes back ultimately to Indo European *nogw ‘unclothed’, which also produced Latin nūdus (source of English nude [16]) and Russian nagój ‘naked’. The past participial form derived from this, *nogwedhos, passed into prehistoric Germanic …

    Word origins

  • 34naked — adjective a) Not wearing any clothes. She was as naked as the day she was born. b) Glib, without decoration, put bluntly. This is the naked truth. Syn: bare, nude, starkers, unclad …

    Wiktionary

  • 35Naked —    This word denotes (1) absolute nakedness (Gen. 2:25; Job 1:21; Eccl. 5:15; Micah 1:8; Amos 2:16); (2) being poorly clad (Isa. 58:7; James 2:15). It denotes also (3) the state of one who has laid aside his loose outer garment (Lat. nudus), and… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 36naked — When an option writer writes a call or put without owning the underlying asset. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary The position of an option holder who does not also own an offsetting position in the underlying. For example, an investor who sells …

    Financial and business terms

  • 37naked — adjective 1》 without clothes.     ↘(of an object) without the usual covering or protection.     ↘(of a tree, plant, or animal) without leaves, hairs, etc.     ↘(naked of) devoid of.     ↘(of feelings or behaviour) undisguised. 2》 exposed to harm; …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38naked — adj 1. nude, undressed, disrobed, unclothed, ungarmented, unappareled, undraped; divested of clothes, Inf. without a stitch on, Inf. not decent, Inf. indecent, bared; Fr. au naturel, Inf. in a state of nature, Inf. in the raw, Inf. in one s… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 39naked — adjective Syn: nude, bare, in the nude, stark naked, having nothing on, stripped, unclothed, undressed; informal without a stitch on, in one s birthday suit, in the raw/buff, in the altogether; Brit.; informal starkers; N.Amer.; informal buck… …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 40naked — mod. undiluted; having to do with neat liquor, especially gin. (See also raw.) □ No ice, please. I want mine naked. □ Give me a naked whisky, if you don’t mind …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions