Nude - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |nuːd|  American pronunciation of the word nude
Brit.  |njuːd|  British pronunciation of the word nude

noun

- a painting of a naked human figure
- without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude')
they swam in the nude
- a naked person
- a statue of a naked human figure

adjective

- completely unclothed (syn: bare, naked)
a nude model

Extra examples

The artists sketched the nude model.

...Picasso's paintings of nude art models....

...the artist painted some models in the nude...

The nude statue caused considerable comment.

It is full of nude rocks.

I did some work as a nude model when I was in college.

Have you ever posed nude (=been photographed or painted while nude)?

There are several nude scenes in the film.

I have no desire to go to a nude beach (=a beach where people wear no clothes).

The photographs show the models in both clothed and nude poses.

...an illiberal society that viewed any artistic depiction of the nude as inherently indecent...

...paintings of nude figures are artistic, not indecent...

She gained notoriety when nude photographs of her appeared in a magazine.

...such prudery regarding artistic depictions of the nude has no place on a college campus...

...by the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous...

Word forms

noun
singular: nude
plural: nudes
adjective
comparative: nuder
superlative: nudest
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