naked

/ˈnā-kəd/

Middle English, from Old English nacod; akin to Old High German nackot naked, Latin nudus, Greek gymnos

adjective

  1. not covered by clothing : nude

  2. devoid of customary or natural covering : bare: such as

  3. not enclosed in a scabbard

bare naked nude bald barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness.

noun

  1. a mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber of the family Heterocephalidae) found in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya that has nearly hairless wrinkled skin and is practically blind

idiom

  1. completely naked

He was standing at the window, naked as a jaybird.