naked
English
/ˈneɪkɪd/, /ˈnɛkɪd/, /neɪkt/
adj
Definitions
- Bare, not covered by clothing.
- (obsolete) Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.
- Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
- Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
- (obsolete) Unarmed.
- Unaided, unaccompanied.
- Unprotected, uncovered; (by extension) without a condom.
- (finance) Where the writer (seller) does not own the underlying asset to cover the contract.
- (literary) Resourceless, poor, lacking means.
- (with “of”) Lacking or devoid of something.
- (obsolete) Blank, clean, empty.
- (of land, rocks, or plants) Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.
- Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.
- (of food or other consumer products) Without any additives, or without some component that would usually be included.
- (physics) Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English naked inherited from Old English nacod inherited from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (naked, bare).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*negʷ-
Gloss
naked, bare
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- handed English
- mole rat English
- naked mole rat English
- naked-handed English
- naked-handedly English
- nakedhood English
- nakedize English
- nakedly English
- nakedness English
- seminaked English
- unnaked English
- Nacktaufnahme German
- Nacktheit German
- Nacktnasenwombat German
- Nacktschwanzgürteltier German
- halbnackt German
- nackt German
- pudelnackt German
- Naaktgeboren Dutch, Flemish
- moedernaakt Dutch, Flemish
- naakt Dutch, Flemish
- naaktfoto Dutch, Flemish
- naaktheid Dutch, Flemish
- naaktloper Dutch, Flemish
- naaktslak Dutch, Flemish
- naaktstrand Dutch, Flemish
- nakie Dutch, Flemish
- piemelnaakt Dutch, Flemish
- poedelnaakt Dutch, Flemish
- spiernaakt Dutch, Flemish
- γυμνός Ancient Greek
- νεβρός Ancient Greek
- *negʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *nogʷós Proto-Indo-European
- *sneg- Proto-Indo-European
- *nakwadaz Proto-Germanic
- *nakwōną Proto-Germanic
- nacod Old English
- nacodnes Old English
- नग्न Sanskrit
- naked Middle English
- nakedhed Middle English
- nakednesse Middle English
- nakidly Middle English
- lomnocht Irish
- nocht Irish
- nochtach Irish
- nochtacht Irish
- nakinn Old Norse
- nǫkkviðr Old Norse
- nøgen Danish
- nøgenbillede Danish
- nøgenhed Danish
- splitternøgen Danish
- नंगा Hindi
- naket Middle Dutch
- nackut Old High German
- nocht Old Irish
- nacket Middle High German
- 𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- nakot Old Dutch
- *nagnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nagnás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- naked Old Frisian