nude
/n(j)uːd/
nude adjective: without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
Adjective
nude (comparative nuder, superlative nudest)
- Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
- Why do you act so prudish whenever you see nude people?
- 2019 December 19, Elaine McCahill, “I said no to 'Game of Thrones' nude scene, says 'Charlie' actress Sinead Watters”, Irish Independent: Charlie's breakout star Sinead Watters has revealed that she said no to a nude role in Game of Thrones.
- Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
- 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 […]2007, Brenda Janowitz, Scot On The Rocks, →ISBN, page 113
- It gave me a lovely, natural, but juicy color. To correct the shape of my mouth, I lined my lips with a nude color like MAC's Spice mixed with Mochaberry Automatic Lip Liner, blending the liner very carefully to make sure there was no hard edge.2010, Raquel Welch, Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, →ISBN, page 143
- Not valid; void.
- 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.1825, Sir William Hay Macnaghten, Principles and Precedents of Moohummudan Law
Noun
nude (plural nudes)
- 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.
- Lexa sent me a nude last week.
- The state of total nudity.
- she caught him in the nude
- 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.2013, Debra, How to be a Man Magnet
nude meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nude in Hindi
- without clothing or other covering
- नंगा naṅgā, नग्न nagna
- state of total nudity
- नंगा naṅgā
nude in Tamil
- ஆடையற்ற, பிறந்த உடம்பான, நிர்வாணம், வெறுமை
nude in Marathi
- without clothing or other covering
- नग्न nagna
nude in Urdu
- nude, naked
- ننگا nãṅgā
- nude, naked, unclothed
- برہنہ barahna
- nude
- عاری 'ārī
More languagesFewer languages
- nude in Bengali
- নগ্নতা, নগ্ন মূর্তি, নগ্ন, বিবস্ত্র
- nude in Malayalam
- നഗ്ന, വിവസ്ത്ര, അനാവൃതമായ, അചേലക
- nude in Kannada
- ನಗ್ನಚಿತ್ರ ಯಾ ನಗ್ನಶಿಲ್ಪ, ನಗ್ನಾಕೃತಿ, ನಗ್ನ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಚಿತ್ರ, ನಗ್ನತೆ
- nude in Pashto
- بربنډ barbanḍ, لوڅ luś
- nude in Tagalog
- hubad, lastag, hubut-hubad
- nude in Arabic
- عَارٍ ʕārin, عُرْيَان ʕuryān
- nude in Malay
- telanjang, bogel
- nude in Indonesian
- telanjang
- nude in Persian
- برهنه, لخت loxt
- nude in Thai
- เปลือย bpleuay
- nude in Vietnamese
- trần, trần truồng, khỏa thân, lõa thể
Synonyms of nude
- flesh-colored
- skin-colored
- carnation
Forms of nude
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | nuder |
| superlative | nudest |
| Noun | |
| plural | nudes |
Origin of nude
Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
Words formed from nude
Phrases with nude
Words that rhyme with nude
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- lewd
- rood
- snood
- Jude
- denude
- extrude
- exude
- feud
- obtrude
- reclude
- stewed
- subdued
- transclude
- abrood
- delude
- hewed
- intrude
- oud
- pood
- screwed
- seclude
- skewed
- strewed
- thewed
- you'd
- 'tude
- ablude
- abstrude
- accrued
- allude
- blued
- boo'd
- booed
- brewed
- Bude
- chewed
- chud
- clued
- collude
- construed
- cooed
- crewed
- cued
- debuted
- dzud
- fod
- frood
- glued
Questions about nude
- What does nude mean?
- Nude means without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
- What is nude in Hindi?
- Nude in Hindi is नंगा (naṅgā), नग्न (nagna). See Nude meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nude?
- Nude can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce nude?
- Nude is pronounced /n(j)uːd/.
Words near nude in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nude (page history and authors); nude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); برہنہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); nude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nude (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); nude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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