Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Naked"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Naked
This word denotes (1) absolute nakedness (Gen. 2:25; Job 1:21;
Eccl. 5:15; Micah 1:8; Amos 2:16); (2) being poorly clad (Isa.
58:7; James 2:15). It denotes also (3) the state of one who has
laid aside his loose outer garment (Lat. nudus), and appears
clothed only in a long tunic or under robe worn next the skin (1
Sam. 19:24; Isa. 47:3; comp. Mark 14:52; John 21:7). It is used
figuratively, meaning "being discovered" or "made manifest" (Job
26:6; Heb. 4:13). In Ex. 32:25 the expression "the people were
naked" (A.V.) is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version
"the people were broken loose", i.e., had fallen into a state of
lawlessness and insubordination. In 2 Chr. 28:19 the words "he
made Judah naked" (A.V.), but Revised Version "he had dealt
wantonly in Judah," mean "he had permitted Judah to break loose
from all the restraints of religion."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
naked
adj 1: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waste
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}]
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