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NUDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nude mean?
• NUDE (noun)
The noun NUDE has 4 senses:
1. a painting of a naked human figure
2. without clothing (especially in the phrase 'in the nude')
3. a naked person
4. a statue of a naked human figure
Familiarity information: NUDE used as a noun is uncommon.
• NUDE (adjective)
The adjective NUDE has 1 sense:
1. completely unclothed
Familiarity information: NUDE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painting of a naked human figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
nude; nude painting
Hypernyms ("nude" is a kind of...):
painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without clothing (especially in the phrase 'in the nude')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
they swam in the nude
Hypernyms ("nude" is a kind of...):
nakedness; nudeness; nudity (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
Derivation:
nude (completely unclothed)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A naked person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
nude; nude person
Hypernyms ("nude" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nude"):
streaker (someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place)
Derivation:
nude (completely unclothed)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A statue of a naked human figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
nude; nude sculpture; nude statue
Hypernyms ("nude" is a kind of...):
statue (a sculpture representing a human or animal)
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: nudest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Completely unclothed
Synonyms:
au naturel; bare; naked; nude
Context example:
a nude model
Similar:
unclothed (not wearing clothing)
Derivation:
nude (a naked person)
nude (without clothing (especially in the phrase 'in the nude'))
nudeness; nudity (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
Context examples
Athymic, nude mice are often used in cancer research because they do not reject tumor cells, from mice or other species.
(Nude Mouse, NCI Dictionary)
Any bioassay using a nude mouse.
(Nude Mouse Assay, NCI Thesaurus)
Athymic nude mice are often used in cancer research because they do not reject tumor cells, from mice or other species.
(Athymic nude mouse, NCI Dictionary)
The protein selectively induces p53-independent apoptosis in breast carcinoma cells and inhibits tumor growth in nude mice.
(Interleukin-24, NCI Thesaurus)
Transfusing of BB-DR thymocytes into nude rats transfers the autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Whalen et al 1995).
(BB, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
Transfection of antisense constructs into a nontumorigenic cell line rendered the cells tumorigenic in nude mice.
(ATPase, Aminophospholipid Transporter-Like, Class I, Type 8A, Member 2, NCI Thesaurus)
He was nude to the waist, with a pair of white calico drawers, white silk stockings, and running shoes.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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