(~s)
1.
A ~ person is not wearing any clothes.
The occasional ~ bather comes here...
She turned down ?1.2 million to pose ~ in Playboy...
ADJ: ADJ n, ADJ after v, v-link ADJ
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If you do something in the ~, you are not wearing any clothes. If you paint or draw someone in the ~, they are not wearing any clothes.
Sleeping in the ~, if it suits you, is not a bad idea...
= naked
PHRASE: usu PHR after v
2.
A ~ is a picture or statue of a person who is not wearing any clothes. A ~ is also a person in a picture who is not wearing any clothes.
He was one of Australia’s most distinguished artists, renowned for his portraits, landscapes and ~s.
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