Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Naked \Na"ked\, a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG.
nacchot, nahhot, Icel. n["o]kvi[eth]r, nakinn, Sw. naken,
Dan. n["o]gen, Goth. naqa[thorn]s, Lith. n[*u]gas, Russ.
nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. [root]266. Cf. {Nude}.]
1. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked
body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
2. Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed;
defenseless.
Thy power is full naked. --Chaucer.
Behold my bosom naked to your swords. --Addison.
3. Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of
sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public,
and whom they say now left naked. --Milton.
4. Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed
or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
The truth appears so naked on my side, That any
purblind eye may find it out. --Shak.
All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him
with whom we to do. --Heb. iv. 13.
5. Mere; simple; plain.
The very naked name of love. --Shak.
6. (Bot.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare,
or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without
a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a
pericarp, buds without bud scales.
7. (Mus.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of
a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to
be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to
the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.
Source : WordNet®
naked
adj 1: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist
up"; "a nude model" [syn: {bare}, {au naturel(p)}, {nude}]
2: having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine
enemies"- Shakespeare [syn: {defenseless}]
3: (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or
acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked
eye"; "clearly audible to the unaided ear" [syn: {unaided}]
4: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: {raw}]