Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having no clothing; naked.
- adj. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body: a nude beach.
- adj. Law Lacking any of various legal requisites, such as evidence.
- n. An unclothed human figure, especially an artistic representation.
- n. The condition of being unclothed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Naked; bare; uncovered; specifically, in art, undraped; not covered with drapery: as, a nude statue.
- In law, naked; made without consideration: said of contracts and agreements in which a consideration is wholly lacking.
- In botany and zoöl.:
- Bare; destitute of leaves, hairs, bristles, feathers, scales, or other exterior outgrowth or covering.
- Not supported by diagnosis or description; mere; bare: said of generic or specific terms, in the phrase nude name, translating the technical designation nomen nudum. See nomen.
- Synonyms See list under naked.
Wiktionary
- adj. Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
- adj. Of a beige or tan color, evoking bare skin.
- n. A painting, other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting (a) human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
- n. The state of total nudity
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped.
- adj. (Law) Naked; without consideration; void. See Nudum pactum.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a painting of a naked human figure
- n. a naked person
- adj. completely unclothed
- n. a statue of a naked human figure
- n. without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude')
Etymologies
- Latin nūdus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I am a name nude known to collectors, an overdosed under-achiever, greatest pilot to the inhospitable middle-class rationale.”
“The word nude, on the other hand, carries in educated usage no uncomfortable overtone.”
“I was also the one who coined the term nude Democrat.”
“I dearly hope you've got swim shorts on, because the idea that you're reading my book reviews in the nude is more than my feeble mind can process.”
“These days in modern photography, we're still compelled by the nude body, but more often than not, the female rather than the male nude is the subject de rigeur.”
“Perhaps the most highly covetable part of the collection was the handful of slim monochrome suits in nude and navy with mesh detailing -- a nice variation for Hillary, if she'd only listen.”
The Huffington Post: Nicole Berrie: Akris Spring/Summer 2011 - Uptown Girls (PHOTOS)
“Midway through it, Mr. Domingo slipped Ms. Gallardo-Dom â s's negligee straps from her shoulders, leaving her nude from the waist up.”
“Skarsgard has previously talked about how he is so comfortable being nude that he goes sockless in nude scenes on the 'True Blood' set even though Moyer wears a sock.”
The Huffington Post: Alexander Skarsgard: How We Shot The Nude, Bloody 'Rolling Stone' Cover
“Pricasso painted Palin nude and Bruce Elliot put his Nude Sarah Palin painting in his bar.”
“It could contain nude pictures of Hillary Clinton!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nude’.
-
Naked
Words relating to getting naked, being naked, the commonly naked, nakedness (partial or complete), and similar.
denude, strip, stripper, harlot, Cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, hooker, divest, unfrock, unclothe, disrobe and 115 more...
-
•Things That Escape When You Remove t...
Its proximate cause is among the comments on aloot, but see also the open list Things That Get Way More Fun When You Add a "G" to Them.
aloot, gun ho, poo stick, bunhole, underdo, leapfro, lacier, bader, kinship, sonwriter, litter, loophobia and 74 more...
-
big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
-
♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
-
SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
-
The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
-
samuraizack's Words
floccinaucinihili..., pneumonoultramicr..., bombastic, existentialistic, velocipede, aglet, anatomical snuffbox, wonk, tang, funambulist, quakebuttock, flews and 390 more...
-
Behr Paint Colors
Names used for Behr Paints in spring of 2008. I'm curious to see if Behr gives the same colors different names in other years, so I've tagged each color with its Behr product number. It turns out t...
billowy clouds, soft lace, victorian pearl, china cup, soft muslin, bleached shell, belgian cream, chamois cloth, natural linen, popped corn, divine pleasure, vanilla delight and 283 more...
-
Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
-
the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
-
vnilla's Words
mellifluous, lackadaisical, effervescent, languorous, lilting, juxtapose, coalesce, desideratum, fey, intrinsic, languid, luminous and 134 more...
-
How I feel about you:
The sound of my name spoken by your lips... I need a word for that.
love, lust, secret, honey, milky, touch, flesh, skin, neptune, kiss, wet, taste and 82 more...
-
Terms I Like
somnambulate, defenestrate, fjord, lux, purple, seven, truthiness, pocket, box, neat, bong, vacuous and 21 more...
-
N
nincompoop, naive, nape, nightshade, nimble, nymph, nude, nightmare, nightingale, nirvana, navy, nemesis and 8 more...
-
15 lovely words
comercial crops, steam, hang out, parachute, citrus, submarine, plagiarism, galaxy, fanaticism, ditch, mtropolis, invaluable and 8 more...
-
in a perfect world
bodacious, joie de vivre, seraphim, sublime, serendipity, succulent, consonance, tree-hugger, mirth, virtuoso, placid, pulchritude and 5 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for nude.

Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.