naked

4 definitions • 10 examples

not covered by clothes:

a naked man

naked bodies

stark naked (= completely naked)

US informal buck/butt naked (= completely naked)

He was naked to the waist (= not wearing clothes above his waist).

The children were half naked (= partly naked).

They stripped naked (= took off their clothes) and ran into the lake.

Something that is naked does not have its usual covering:

a naked flame/light bulb (= one with nothing surrounding or covering it)

a naked hillside (= one without trees or plants)

A naked feeling or quality is not hidden, although it is bad:

naked aggression/greed

not wearing any clothes