(1):
(a.) Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(a.) Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
(4):
(a.) Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
(5):
(a.) Mere; simple; plain.
(6):
(a.) Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.
(7):
(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.