- a work of art consisting of a naked human figure; a naked human figure in art
- a bronze nude by Rodin
- a reclining nude
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.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See nude in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin the nude
- not wearing any clothes synonym naked
- She refuses to be photographed in the nude.
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