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nude

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nude  (nd, nyd)
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 ndus; see nogw- in Indo-European roots.]

nudely adv.
nudi·ty (nd-t, ny-), nudeness n.

nude
Adjective
completely undressed
Noun
1. a naked figure in painting, sculpture, or photography
2. in the nude naked [Latin nudus]
nudity n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nudenude - a painting of a naked human figure
painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
2.nude - without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude'); "they swam in the nude"
nakedness, nudeness, nudity - the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
3.nudenude - a naked person
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
streaker - someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
4.nude - a statue of a naked human figure
statue - a sculpture representing a human or animal
Adj.1.nudenude - completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"
unclothed - not wearing clothing

nude
adjective naked, stripped, exposed, bare, uncovered, undressed, stark-naked, in the raw (informal) disrobed, starkers (informal) unclothed, in the buff (informal) au naturel (French) in the altogether (informal) buck naked (slang) unclad, undraped, in your birthday suit (informal) scuddy (slang) without a stitch on (informal) in the bare scud (slang) naked as the day you were born (informal) << OPPOSITE dressed
Translations
Spanish nude [njuːd] adj, ndesnudo/a m/f;
in the nude → desnudo

French nude [njuːd] adjnu(e)
n (Art) → nu m;
in the nude → (tout(e)) nu(e)

German nude [njuːd] adjnackt
n (Art) → Akt m;
in the nude → nackt

Italian nude [njuːd] adjnudo/a
n (ART) → nudo;
in the nude → tutto/a nudo/a

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In the town were some substantial windowless houses of stone scattered among a wilderness of thatched cabins; the streets were mere crooked alleys, and un- paved; troops of dogs and nude children played in the sun and made life and noise; hogs roamed and rooted contentedly about, and one of them lay in a reeking wallow in the middle of the main thoroughfare and suckled her family.
The two thieves were dressed in the fanciful court costumes of the middle of the sixteenth century, while the Saviour was nude, with the exception of a cloth around the loins.
(where Beaufort had had the audacity to hang "Love Victorious," the much-discussed nude of Bouguereau) Archer found Mrs.
 
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