Definition of naked

What does the word naked mean?

• part of speech: adjective

  Unclothed, nude; defenceless; unsheathed; plain, undisguised, (the n. truth; n. facts; in its n. absurdity), exposed for examination (his n. heart); devoid of; treeless, leafless, barren; (of rock) exposed; (of rooms) unfurnished; without ornament; (of candles &c.) exposed to air; without pericarp, leaves, hairs, scales, shell, &c.; without addition, comment, support, evidence, &c. (n. faith, quotations, word, assertion); unassisted (n. eye, without telescope &c.); N. Lady, N. Boys, meadow saffron. Hence nakedly adv., nakedness n. [old English]