Nude
[njuːd] or [nud]
Definition
(noun.) a painting of a naked human figure.
(noun.) a statue of a naked human figure.
(noun.) a naked person.
(noun.) without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude'); 'they swam in the nude'.
Edited by Edith--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
(a.) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum.
Editor: Miles
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Bare, uncovered, undressed, unclothed, naked, exposed, denuded, stark naked, in a state of nature, IN PURIS NATURALIBUS.
Typist: Ora
Definition
adj. naked: bare: without drapery as a statue: void as a contract.—n. Nūdā′tion act of making bare.—adv. Nūde′ly.—ns. Nūde′ness Nū′dity nakedness: want of covering: anything laid bare.—adjs. Nudiflō′rous having the flowers destitute of hairs glands &c.; Nūdifō′lious having bare or smooth leaves; Nūdiros′trate having the rostrum naked.—n.pl. Nū′dities naked parts: figures divested of drapery.—The nude the undraped human figure as a branch of art.
Inputed by Jeff
Examples
- This Apollo, for instance, he said, as they paused before a life-sized nude figure holding a lyre, was found at Delos and brought to me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oh, Crispin, look at that nude youth struggling with the rearing horse! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Caliphronas, with that wonderful power he had over all animals, advanced, nude as he was, up the bank, and called to the horse in a coaxing tone. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typed by Jody