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naken

naken verb: to make naked; nake.

Verb

naken (third-person singular simple present nakens, present participle nakening, simple past and past participle nakened)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To make naked; nake.

Forms of naken

third-person singular presentnakens
present participlenakening
past participlenakened
pastnakened
alternative Scotlandnakyn

Origin of naken

From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake + -en.

Words that rhyme with naken

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Questions about naken

What does naken mean?
Naken means to make naked; nake.
What part of speech is naken?
Naken is a verb.
What is the past tense of naken?
The past tense of naken is nakened.

Words near naken in the dictionary

  1. nakedly self-interested
  2. nakedness
  3. nakednesses
  4. nakedweed
  5. nakedwood
  6. naken
  7. nakens
  8. naker
  9. nakers
  10. nakes
  11. nakey

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