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(nūd, nyūd) pronunciation
adj., nud·er, nud·est.
  1. Having no clothing; naked.
  2. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body: a nude beach.
  3. Law. Lacking any of various legal requisites, such as evidence.
n.
  1. An unclothed human figure, especially an artistic representation.
  2. The condition of being unclothed.

[Latin nūdus.]

nudely nude'ly adv.
nudity nu'di·ty ('dĭ-tē, nyū'-) or nude'ness n.

adjective

  1. Not wearing any clothes: au naturel, bare, naked, unclad. Chiefly British starkers. Idioms: in one's birthday suit, in thealtogetherbuffraw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked, without a stitch. See put on/take off, show/hide.
  2. Without the usual covering: bald, bare, naked. See put on/take off.


adj

Definition: without clothes, covering
Antonyms: clothed, covered

Said of machines delivered without an operating system (compare bare metal). “We ordered 50 systems, but they all arrived nude, so we had to spend an extra weekend with the installation disks.” This usage is a recent innovation reflecting the fact that most IBM-PC clones are now delivered with an operating system pre-installed at the factory. Other kinds of hardware are still normally delivered without OS, so this term is particular to PC support groups.



a mutant strain of mouse or rat that lacks a thymus gland and hence is devoid of T lymphocytes and is hairless. It is caused by a mutation in the nude gene, which encodes a transcription factor of the winged helix type. See forkhead.

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Nudity or naked is the state of being unclothed.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nøgen, bar, uklædt
n. - nøgen person, nøgenstudie

idioms:

  • in the nude    nøgen, bar

Nederlands (Dutch)
naakt, bloot, blank (vleeskleurig), naakt-, eenzijdig (juridisch), naaktfiguur/-model

Français (French)
adj. - nu
n. - (Art) nu, nudité

idioms:

  • in the nude    nu

Deutsch (German)
n. - Akt, nackte Person
adj. - nackt

idioms:

  • in the nude    nackt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυμνό άτομο, γυμνό (στη ζωγραφική ή γλυπτική)
adj. - γυμνός, γδυτός

idioms:

  • in the nude    τσιτσίδι, γυμνός

Italiano (Italian)
nudo

idioms:

  • in the nude    nudo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nu (m)
adj. - despido, liso, desguarnecido, a descoberto

idioms:

  • in the nude    despido

Русский (Russian)
обнаженный, голый, нагишом

idioms:

  • in the nude    в обнаженном виде, нагишом

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desnudo
n. - desnudo

idioms:

  • in the nude    al desnudo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - naken figur, naketstudie, hudfärg
adj. - naken, bar, hudfärgad, ogiltig (jur.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
裸的, 无装饰的, 与生俱有的, 裸体画, 裸体

idioms:

  • in the nude    裸体, 公开

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 裸的, 無裝飾的, 與生俱有的
n. - 裸體畫, 裸體

idioms:

  • in the nude    裸體, 公開

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 나체의, 장식이 없는, 무효의
n. - 벌거벗은 사람, 나체화

idioms:

  • in the nude    나체로, 숨김없이

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 裸の
n. - 裸体の人, 裸体画, ヌード, 肌色

idioms:

  • in the nude    裸体で, 腹蔵なく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص عار (صفه) عريان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עירום, מעורטל‬
n. - ‮עירום‬


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