nude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a painting of a naked human figure
    nude painting.
  2. noun without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude')
    • they swam in the nude
  3. noun a naked person
    nude person.
  4. noun a statue of a naked human figure
    nude sculpture; nude statue.
  5. adjective satellite completely unclothed
    naked; au naturel; bare.
    • bare bodies
    • naked from the waist up
    • a nude model

WordNet

Nude adjective
Etymology
L. nudus. See Naked.
Definitions
  1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
  2. (Law) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum. Blackstone. -- Nude"ly, adv.- Nude"ness, n.

Webster 1913