NAKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does naked mean? 

• NAKED (adjective)
  The adjective NAKED has 5 senses:

1. completely unclothed

2. having no protecting or concealing cover

3. (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument

4. devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure

5. lacking any cover

  Familiarity information: NAKED used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Completely unclothed

Synonyms:

au naturel; bare; naked; nude

Context example:

a nude model

Similar:

unclothed (not wearing clothing)

Derivation:

nakedness (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having no protecting or concealing cover

Synonyms:

defenseless; naked

Context example:

naked to mine enemies

Similar:

unprotected (lacking protection or defense)

Derivation:

nakedness (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument

Context example:

visible to the naked eye

Similar:

unassisted (lacking help)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure

Synonyms:

naked; raw

Context example:

you may kill someone someday with your raw power

Similar:

open; overt (open and observable; not secret or hidden)

Derivation:

nakedness (characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Lacking any cover

Context example:

lie on the naked rock

Similar:

bare (lacking its natural or customary covering)

Derivation:

nakedness (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)

 Context examples 

A dish, or culture, of neuronal cells appears uniform to the naked eye and the different, individual cells in it cannot be seen.

(Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells, National Institutes of Health)

The hills ran up clear above the vegetation in spires of naked rock.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Terminology for the test names concerned with the findings from a specimen that are visible to the naked eye.

(CDISC SEND Macroscopic Findings Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Several times during a solar cycle, after intense solar eruptions, these lights are bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.

(Blue Aurorae in Mars’ Sky Visible to the Naked Eye, NASA)

Each drop of seawater contains hundreds of thousands of microorganisms — organisms so small that they are invisible to the naked human eye.

(Study by UGR and MIT reveals microbial plankton live in complex communities, University of Granada)

In either case the time for suppression is past, and every word which I tell you is the naked truth, and this I swear as I hope for mercy.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Parasites range in size from tiny, one-celled organisms called protozoa to worms that can be seen with the naked eye.

(Parasitic Diseases, NIH)

Microbial species are forms of life too small to be seen with the naked eye, including single-celled organisms such as bacteria and archaea, as well as certain fungi.

(Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species, NSF)

An Earth-size planet passing in front of a small ultra-cool dwarf star like TRAPPIST-1 creates less than a one percent dip in brightness, and is not visible with the naked eye.

(Light From An Ultra-Cool Neighbor, NASA)

Terminology for the test codes concerned with the findings from a specimen that are visible to the naked eye.

(CDISC SEND Macroscopic Findings Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)