I. nude 1 /njuːd $ nuːd/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: nudus ]
1 . not wearing any clothes SYN naked :
I did some work as a nude model when I was in college.
Have you ever posed nude (=been photographed or painted while nude) ?
2 . done by or involving people who are not wearing any clothes:
There are several nude scenes in the film.
I have no desire to go to a nude beach (=a beach where people wear no clothes) .
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THESAURUS
▪ naked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes - used especially when this seems rather shocking:
a naked man
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He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone.
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his naked chest
▪ have nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked :
Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on!
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The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!
▪ bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes:
The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.
▪ nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc:
a nude portrait of his wife
▪ undressed [not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc:
Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed.
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Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.
▪ topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered:
a topless waitress
▪ in the nude not wearing any clothes:
Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.
▪ in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes:
He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.
▪ go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear:
In summertime, he likes to go commando.
▪ in the buff informal not wearing any clothes - a very informal use:
a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff
II. nude 2 BrE AmE noun
1 . [countable] a painting, ↑ statue etc of someone not wearing clothes
2 . in the nude not wearing any clothes SYN naked :
He was standing there in the nude.