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Definition of nude adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nude

adjective
 
/njuːd/
 
/nuːd/
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  1. (especially of a human figure in art) not wearing any clothes synonym naked
    • He worked as a nude model in an artist's studio.
    • The model and influencer posed nude for a photo shoot.
    Extra Examples
    • He refused to appear nude in the movie.
    • She was lying nude on a beach towel.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • lie
    • sit
    adverb
    • completely
    • totally
    • nearly
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  2. involving people who are not wearing any clothes
    • He had a collection of nude photographs in his studio.
    • Are there any nude scenes in the movie?
    • Some of the resorts allow nude sunbathing on the beaches.
  3. (North American English) (of pantyhose, etc.) skin-coloured
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘plain, explicit’): from Latin nudus. The current sense is first found in noun use in the early 18th cent.
See nude in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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