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nude adjective [ njuːd ]

• wearing no clothes; naked.
• "a painting of a nude model"
Similar: naked, in the nude, stark naked, bare, with nothing on, stripped, unclothed, undressed, uncovered, in a state of nature, disrobed, unclad, undraped, exposed, au naturel, without a stitch on, in one's birthday suit, in the raw, in the altogether, in the buff, in the nuddy, mother naked, starkers, in the scud, scuddy, bare-assed, buck naked, bollocky, bollock-naked,
Opposite: dressed, fully clothed,
• denoting or relating to clothing or makeup that is of a colour resembling that of the wearer’s skin.
• "a nude camisole under a sheer blouse"

nude noun

• a naked human figure as the subject of a painting, sculpture, or photograph.
• "a study of a kneeling nude"
• a colour of clothing or make-up resembling that of the wearer's skin.
• "sheer lip colour in all shades of nude"
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘plain, explicit’): from Latin nudus . The current sense is first found in noun use in the early 18th century.

in the nude

• in an unclothed state; naked.
• "I like to swim in the nude"

in the nude

• in an unclothed state; naked.
"I like to swim in the nude"



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