(a) Not covered with clothing, unclothed, undressed; naked, nude, bare; also fig. [quot.: a1425]; ~ bed, a bed in which one sleeps naked; as noun: a naked person; (b) lacking clothing; scantily clad, ill-clad; destitute; also, naked apart from a single garment; as noun: a person or persons lacking clothing, ill-clad person(s; (c) of part of the body, the head: uncovered, bare; of the eyebrows: devoid of hair; ~ heved, bareheaded; (d) naked at birth, born naked; (e) in proverbial sayings: ~ as a ston (worm), stark naked; ~ as a nedle [see nedle n. 1. (e)].

(a) Of a sword or other weapon: unsheathed, naked; also, without a scabbard; (b) without armor, unarmed; unprotected; stripped of armor; (c) unprotected, defenseless.

(a) Of ground: without fresh vegetation, barren; also, not covered (as with a carpet or blanket); of autumn: devoid of green vegetation, sere; of trees: not covered with leaves, leafless; ~ of leves, stripped of leaves; (b) not covered with tissue or flesh, bare; (c) stripped of sails and rigging; (d) stripped of ornament; despoiled, stripped of possessions; (e) of the heart: lacking human affection, unfeeling.

In phrases: ~ in, lacking in (sth.); ~ of (fro, from), devoid of (sth.), lacking in (sth.); bereft or destitute of (sth.); ~ with soudiour, without an army.

(a) Expressed without comment; unadorned, plain; literally worded, literal; (b) exposed to view, unconcealed; ~ sinne, manifest sin; ~ treuth, the plain truth; (c) mere, bare; (d) unmixed, simple, pure; (e) limited, restricted; (f) unsupported by letters of fraternity.

In place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.48].