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naked

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1. naked - Adjective

2. naked - Verb

3. naked - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.

Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.

Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.

Mere; simple; plain.

Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.

Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not? Basil of Caesarea

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain

A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet. Bob Dylan

A thousand people cannot undress a naked person. Greek Proverb

The needle makes clothes but stays naked. Persian Proverb

Like the needle which clothes others while remaining naked. Arabic Proverb

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