Nude
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
"Michelangelo's David is a well-known standing male nude; Michelangelo also created several other nudes."
- 2 a painting of a naked human figure wordnet
- 3 The state of total nudity.
"she caught him in the nude"
- 4 a statue of a naked human figure wordnet
- 5 A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.
"What eye shadow looks best on my eye color? Brown eyes – Off whites, nudes, peaches, and purples."
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- 6 a naked person wordnet
- 7 without clothing (especially in the phrase ‘in the nude’) wordnet
- 1 Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples. not-comparable
"Why do you act so prudish whenever you see nude people?"
- 2 Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh. comparable, usually
"Vanessa always wore the same color on both her hands and feet—Hitchcock Blonde—a barely-there nude color with a dash of pink that was only two shades away from clear topcoat. It was the sort of thing you would imagine Grace Kelly in […]"
- 3 Not valid; void. archaic, not-comparable
"A void sale is that which can never take effect; in which the articles opposed to each other, or one of them, not bearing any legal value the contract is nude."
- 1 having no clothes on the body wordnet
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More examples"This nude poster appeals visually to the young."
Etymology
Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
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