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nude

USNOOD/nud/NYOOD/n(j)uːd/

Adjectivenuder, nudest

Noun pluralnudes

6 meanings of nude

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  1. 1
    without clothesadjective
    Wearing no clothes, or with the private parts of the body not covered.

    At some beaches, people are allowed to swim nude.

    The actor said no to a nude scene in the movie.

    UsageNaked is the everyday word; nude is common for art and films.

    Similarnaked, bare, unclothed, undressed

    Oppositeclothed, dressed

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A painting, statue, photo, or other picture of a person who has no clothes on.

    The painter is famous for her nudes.

    A large nude hangs above the fireplace in the museum's main hall.

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  3. 3
    skin-tonedadjective
    Of clothes or makeup: having a color, such as beige or tan, that looks like skin.

    She wore nude heels with her black dress.

    This lipstick is a soft nude shade for every day.

    UsageSay nude shoes or a nude lipstick.

    Similarbeige, flesh-colored

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  4. 4
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A color like the color of skin, or paint or makeup in that color.

    Nudes and soft pinks are popular colors for nails in spring.

    She chose a warm nude for the bedroom walls.

    Similarbeige

  5. 5
    noununcountable
    Being completely without clothes, usually in the phrase in the nude.

    He likes to sleep in the nude when it is hot.

    The kids were swimming in the nude at the lake.

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  1. 6
    adjectivearchaic
    In law, not valid, and so having no effect.
    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 LawHere, nude means not valid by law, so it has no effect.

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Origin

From Latin nūdus, "naked". It was first used in English in the 1400s as a legal word.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts

  • English nude ultimately derives from Latin nūdus, meaning naked. files.znu.edu.ua
  • An earlier attestation is dated 1447–48 in D. Gary Miller's Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English, p. 191. files.znu.edu.ua
  • The word initially belonged to legal terminology. en.wiktionary.org