dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/nak_MW.json
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{
"naked":{
"antonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"definitions":{
": devoid of concealment or disguise":[
"the naked truth",
"naked aggression"
],
": devoid of customary or natural covering : bare : such as":[],
": lacking an external covering (as of hair, feathers, or shell)":[
"naked amoebas"
],
": lacking confirmation or support":[
"naked contracts"
],
": lacking embellishment : unadorned":[
"hands naked of rings",
"naked walls"
],
": lacking foliage or vegetation":[
"a naked hillside"
],
": lacking pubescence or enveloping or subtending parts":[
"smooth, naked stems"
],
": marked by a lack of protection or coverage by blockers":[
"a naked bootleg by the quarterback"
],
": not backed by the writer's ownership of the commodity contract or security":[
"selling naked options"
],
": not covered by clothing : nude":[],
": not enclosed in a scabbard":[
"a naked sword"
],
": not provided with a shade":[
"a naked light"
],
": scantily supplied or furnished":[
"a drab, naked room"
],
": unaided by any optical device or instrument":[
"the naked eye"
],
": unarmed , defenseless":[
"unwilling to hurt a naked man"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was naked from the waist up.",
"had recurrent nightmares about being naked in public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Four of the naked -eye planets have been lining up in the for the past few months, according to NASA. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 24 June 2022",
"Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. \u2014 Christina Larson, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Throughout the month of June, five planets \u2014 Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn \u2014 have been visible to the naked eye shortly before sunrise. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Though all of the planets should be visible to the naked eye, Nichols recommends stargazers bring binoculars to get a better look at Mercury. \u2014 Dia Gill, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The planets will be bright enough to spot with the naked eye, even in bigger cities' light-polluted skies. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"The five naked -eye planets will be arranged in their natural order from the Sun. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Over the next several weeks, stargazers will have the rare opportunity to see five planets line up in the predawn sky in a stunning celestial display that is visible to the naked eye and won\u2019t be seen again for nearly 20 years. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The discovery was made last year when nova V1674 Hercules released a burst so bright it could be seen from Earth with the naked eye. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English nacod ; akin to Old High German nackot naked, Latin nudus , Greek gymnos":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0101-k\u0259d",
"especially Southern \u02c8ne-k\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for naked bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
"synonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190334",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"nakedness":{
"antonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"definitions":{
": devoid of concealment or disguise":[
"the naked truth",
"naked aggression"
],
": devoid of customary or natural covering : bare : such as":[],
": lacking an external covering (as of hair, feathers, or shell)":[
"naked amoebas"
],
": lacking confirmation or support":[
"naked contracts"
],
": lacking embellishment : unadorned":[
"hands naked of rings",
"naked walls"
],
": lacking foliage or vegetation":[
"a naked hillside"
],
": lacking pubescence or enveloping or subtending parts":[
"smooth, naked stems"
],
": marked by a lack of protection or coverage by blockers":[
"a naked bootleg by the quarterback"
],
": not backed by the writer's ownership of the commodity contract or security":[
"selling naked options"
],
": not covered by clothing : nude":[],
": not enclosed in a scabbard":[
"a naked sword"
],
": not provided with a shade":[
"a naked light"
],
": scantily supplied or furnished":[
"a drab, naked room"
],
": unaided by any optical device or instrument":[
"the naked eye"
],
": unarmed , defenseless":[
"unwilling to hurt a naked man"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was naked from the waist up.",
"had recurrent nightmares about being naked in public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Four of the naked -eye planets have been lining up in the for the past few months, according to NASA. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 24 June 2022",
"Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. \u2014 Christina Larson, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Throughout the month of June, five planets \u2014 Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn \u2014 have been visible to the naked eye shortly before sunrise. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Though all of the planets should be visible to the naked eye, Nichols recommends stargazers bring binoculars to get a better look at Mercury. \u2014 Dia Gill, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The planets will be bright enough to spot with the naked eye, even in bigger cities' light-polluted skies. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"The five naked -eye planets will be arranged in their natural order from the Sun. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Over the next several weeks, stargazers will have the rare opportunity to see five planets line up in the predawn sky in a stunning celestial display that is visible to the naked eye and won\u2019t be seen again for nearly 20 years. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The discovery was made last year when nova V1674 Hercules released a burst so bright it could be seen from Earth with the naked eye. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English nacod ; akin to Old High German nackot naked, Latin nudus , Greek gymnos":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0101-k\u0259d",
"especially Southern \u02c8ne-k\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for naked bare , naked , nude , bald , barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. an apartment with bare walls naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness. poor half- naked children nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. a nude model posing for art students bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness. a bald mountain peak barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. barren plains",
"synonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194837",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"naked mole rat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mole rat ( Heterocephalus glaber of the family Bathyergidae) found in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya that has nearly hairless wrinkled skin and is practically blind":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the black squares is today replaced by an image of a naked mole rat . \u2014 Emma Allen, The New Yorker , 3 Dec. 2021",
"One of the black squares is today replaced by an image of a naked mole rat . \u2014 Emma Allen, The New Yorker , 3 Dec. 2021",
"One of the black squares is today replaced by an image of a naked mole rat . \u2014 Emma Allen, The New Yorker , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Zak\u2019s initial subject was the naked mole rat , a hairless rodent with front teeth that look like fingernails and an unusually long life span. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"These include members of the naked mole rat colony as well as the zoo\u2019s lion pride and elephant herd. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2021",
"One of the black squares is today replaced by an image of a naked mole rat . \u2014 Rebecca Turkewitz, The New Yorker , 5 Jan. 2021",
"The effort expands on a mission that Joel began in 2006 with the photo of a naked mole rat in a zoo a mile away from his home. \u2014 Joel Sartore, National Geographic , 20 Nov. 2020",
"There are countless examples of animals that can live hundreds of years (clams and whales) and some that show little sign of a greater risk of death in older ages (hydra and naked mole rats ). \u2014 William Mair, Twin Cities , 24 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-014744"
},
"Nakota":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a First Nations people originally of the Great Plains between the upper Missouri and middle Saskatchewan rivers : assiniboine":[
"\u2014 used as a self-designation"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u0259-\u02c8k\u014d-t\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Dakota (Nakota dialect) nak\u02b0\u00f3ta, a self-designation":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-054732"
},
"nakong":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sitatunga":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sechuana":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093840"
},
"naked lady":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": meadow saffron":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155250"
},
"naked mollusk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a nudibranch mollusk":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171445"
},
"Naked Neck":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a breed or strain of the domestic fowl having the neck bright red and wholly free from feathers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235408"
},
"nakedize":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to be or go naked":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0101k\u0259\u0307\u02ccd\u012bz"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"naked entry 1 + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-111142"
},
"naked oat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an oat ( Avena nuda ) that has multiple-flowered spikelets and naked mature kernels and that is sometimes cultivated especially in interior Asia as a cereal grain":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074957"
},
"naked heeler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a gamecock that is fought with natural spurs only":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092105"
},
"naked reverse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a reverse play in football in which the ball is handed off to a player who runs without interference as though covering up a fake until he is outside the end and then goes downfield":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095521"
},
"nakhoda":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a master of a native Indian vessel":[]
},
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"\u02c8n\u00e4k\u0259\u02ccd\u00e4"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Persian n\u0101khud\u0101 , from n\u0101v boat (from Old Persian) + khud\u0101 master, from Middle Persian khut\u0101\u012b ; akin to Sanskrit nau ship":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114326"
},
"nakfa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
"the basic monetary unit of Eritrea \u2014 see Money Table":[]
},
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"\u02c8n\u00e4k-\u02ccf\u00e4"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Tigrinya naq'fa , from Nakfa , town in Eritrea and site of a victory over Ethiopian forces in 1988":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1996, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152115"
},
"naked flower":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a flower lacking floral leaves":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153004"
},
"naker":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": kettledrum":[]
},
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"\u02c8n\u0101k\u0259(r)"
],
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"Middle English, from Middle French nacaire , from Old Italian nacchera kettledrum, nacre":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160954"
},
"nakedwood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several small or medium-sized trees (genus Colubrina ) of Florida and the West Indies with thin scaly bark and strong hard heavy heartwood \u2014 see mabi":[],
": twinberry sense 3":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163439"
},
"naked stopper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": twinberry sense 3":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-164055"
},
"naked smut":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a smut fungus (as Ustilago nuda or U. tritici ) that converts the entire inflorescence of the host into a loose powdery mass of spores \u2014 compare covered smut":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212840"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a floor completely framed but as yet uncovered by flooring":[],
": a floor in which the joists extend unbroken from wall to wall":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014646"
},
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"noun"
],
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": a fallow in which land is kept bare (as by repeated cultivation) rather than fallowed under a green manure or cover crop":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021150"
},
"naked eye":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the eye unaided by any instrument that changes the apparent size or distance of an object or otherwise alters visual powers":[
"just visible to the naked eye"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021807"
},
"naked catfish":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a catfish lacking dermal bony plates":[
"\u2014 distinguished from armored catfish"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-025712"
},
"naked bulb":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a plant bulb consisting of scales as distinguished from a tunicate bulb":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-030428"
},
"naked broom rape":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cancer root ( Orobanche uniflora ) that occurs chiefly in eastern North America and has broad minutely ciliolate corolla lobes":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-030946"
},
"naked boys":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": meadow saffron":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-034627"
},
"naked bed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bed in which one sleeps unclothed":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040211"
},
"naked bat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large Indo-Malayan bat ( Cheiromeles torquatus ) hairless except for a thin half collar":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040437"
},
"naked as a jaybird":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": completely naked":[
"He was standing at the window, naked as a jaybird ."
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041010"
}
}