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As an adjective, nude means without clothing or other covering of the skin. As a noun, it means 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.
Meanings of nude
9 meaningsadjective
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?”
of clothingmakeupetcOf a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
Older and rare meanings (1)
legalobsoleteNot valid; void.
noun
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.”
with article"the nude"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.
Without clothing (especially in the phrase ‘in the nude’)
“they swam in the nude”
A naked personperson
Similar: nude person
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).