| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | na·ked |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n  k d |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having no clothing on the body; nude. 2. Having no covering, especially the usual one: a naked sword. 3. Devoid of vegetation, trees, or foliage: the naked ground; naked tree limbs. 4. Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment: the naked facts; naked ambition. 5. Devoid of a specified quality, characteristic, or element: a look that was naked of all pretense. 6. Exposed to harm; vulnerable: “naked to mine enemies” (Shakespeare). 7. Botany a. Not encased in ovaries: naked seeds. b. Unprotected by scales: naked buds. c. Lacking a perianth: naked flowers. d. Without leaves or pubescence: naked stalks. 8. Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English nacod. See nogw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | naked·ly —ADVERB
naked·ness —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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