(a.) Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
(a.) Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.
(a.) Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
(a.) Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
(a.) Mere; simple; plain.
(a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.
(a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.
Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
Mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
Make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
By the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"
Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
A language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
Create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
(n. pl.) The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
(n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow.