nude
adjective
, ˈnyüd\
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Other Words from nude
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noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for nude
Synonyms: Adjective
au naturel, bare, bottomless, disrobed, mother-naked, naked, raw, starkers [chiefly British], stripped, unclad, unclothed, undressed
Synonyms: Noun
altogether, bareness, birthday suit, bottomlessness, buff, nakedness, nudity, raw
Antonyms: Adjective
appareled (or apparelled), attired, clad, clothed, dressed, garbed, invested, robed, suited
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Examples of nude in a Sentence
Adjective
The artists sketched the nude model. Picasso's paintings of nude art models.Noun
the nudes of Greek sculpture the artist painted some models in the nude
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Her body was partially nude; police testified at the preliminary hearing her shirt had been pulled up and her pants were down around her knees. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, "Case against Brentwood man accused of murdering his mother inches forward," 21 Aug. 2019 In some of the images, this previous tenant was nude, getting dressed, or wrapped in only a towel, according to a probable cause affidavit. — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, "Florida man hid camera in smoke detector, took nude photos of woman renting room in his house," 13 Aug. 2019 Most of the young women arrested in October were nude or clad only in bikini bottoms at the time of the raid. — Los Angeles Times, "From the Archives: Savage Mystic Cult Blamed for 5 Tate Murders, 6 Others," 28 July 2019 Sharing another person’s private nude images online is now a Class A misdemeanor in New York. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "New York's Revenge Porn Law Is a Flawed Step Forward," 24 July 2019 Arriving at a cool Corot nude in a darkling landscape or a crisp Picasso nude combing her hair was like gulping fresh air in a miasma. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "Renoir’s Problem Nudes," 19 Aug. 2019 Ashley Graham took to Instagram yesterday to upload a close-up photo of her nude, pregnant body. — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, "Ashley Graham Goes Au Naturale, Shows Off Her Stretch Marks on Instagram," 19 Aug. 2019 Prosecutors also said Button photographed the girl nude with him. — Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, "A sex offender evaded the law for 3 years. They found him in a homemade, solar-powered bunker.," 17 Aug. 2019 His other luxury properties were also known to brim with the likes of nude paintings and human-sized chessboards. — Fox News, "Bill Clinton painting in Jeffrey Epstein's home a 'surprise' to woman who painted president wearing blue dress," 16 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
There are probably more nudes of me on the internet than maybe any woman in history. — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, "Miley Cyrus addresses cheating rumors and past scandals in candid Twitter thread," 22 Aug. 2019 In the Arena Chapel in Padua, Giotto’s depictions of Satan bear a resemblance to Charun, an Etruscan demon present in tomb paintings at Tarquinia; Massimo Campigli’s female nudes also evoke the stylised figures of those historic works. — E.o’k. | Lazio, The Economist, "The enduring influence of the Etruscans on Italian culture," 20 Aug. 2019 Her black-and-white photographs of female nudes in natural settings, taken in the early 1970s, are disarmingly frank but also hark back to a long line of art historical representations of women in nature. — Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, "For these 20 women artists, ‘Rapunzel’ and ‘Dyketactics’ are just the beginning," 16 Aug. 2019 Men who exhibited higher levels of both tend to send nudes without asking. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "WIRED Takes a Good Hard Look at Dick Pics," 14 Aug. 2019 His works were often explicit nudes, at once erotic and hideous. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Drawing Found in Thrift Store Turns Out to Be an Original Egon Schiele," 26 July 2019 The show, the first major exhibit of nudes painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of the legendary Impressionist. — courant.com, "Quick Dip: Shake, Rattle And Roll Around Town ... And Beyond," 26 June 2019 Luckily, the nudes, browns and dark reds popular in the late ‘80s and ‘90s are back in style. — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "How ‘Pose’ perfectly re-creates the queer ball culture of 1990 New York," 2 Aug. 2019 From true reds to nuanced nudes, here, 10 cult lipsticks with that certain something loyal masses can’t get enough of. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "10 Cult Classic Lipstick Shades Every Beauty Lover Must Know," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nude.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.