[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nude \nude\ n=ud, a. l. nudus. see naked.
   1. bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
      1913 webster

   2. law naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude
      contract. see nudum pactum. --blackstone.
      1913 webster

   the nude, the undraped human figure in art.
      1913 webster -- nude"ly, adv.- nude"ness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
naked nudum pactum the nude nude"ly nude"ness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nude
     adj : completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist
           up"; "a nude model" syn: bare, au naturelp, naked
     n 1: a painting of a naked figure syn: nude painting
     2: without clothing especially in the phrase `in the nude';
        "they swam in the nude"
     3: a naked person syn: nude person
see also:
bare au naturelp naked nude painting nude person 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

90 moby thesaurus words for "nude":
   art object, au naturel, bald, bare, bare-ass, bareness,
   birthday suit, blank, brainchild, bric-a-brac, classic,
   composition, creation, decollete, design, dishabille, ecdysiast,
   garmentless, grotesque, gymnosophical, gymnosophist, gymnosophy,
   in, in native buff, in puris naturalibus, in the altogether,
   in the buff, in the raw, kitsch, master, masterpiece, masterwork,
   mobile, mother-naked, museum piece, naked, nakedness, naturism,
   naturist, naturistic, not a stitch, nudism, nudist, nudity,
   old master, pasticcio, pastiche, peeled, piece, piece of virtu,
   raw, stabile, stark, stark-naked, state of nature, statue,
   still life, stripped, stripper, stripteaser, study, the altogether,
   the nude, the raw, toplessness, unadorned, unadulterated,
   unarrayed, unattired, unclad, unclothed, uncomplicated, uncovered,
   undecked, undecorated, undraped, undressed, unembellished,
   unfurbished, ungarnished, unornamented, unrobed, unsophisticated,
   untrimmed, unvarnished, virtu, with nothing on, without a stitch,
   work, work of art

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

nude adj. said of machines delivered without an operating system
   compare bare metal. "we ordered 50 systems, but they all arrived
   nude, so we had to spend an extra weekend with the installation disks."
   this usage is a recent innovation reflecting the fact that most ibm-pc
   clones are now delivered with an operating system pre-installed at the
   factory. other kinds of hardware are still normally delivered without
   os, so this term is particular to pc support groups.


see also:
bare metal 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

nude
     
        said of machines delivered without an operating system
        compare bare metal.  "we ordered 50 systems, but they all
        arrived nude, so we had to spend a an extra weekend with the
        installation tapes."  this usage is a recent innovation
        reflecting the fact that most pc clones are now delivered with
        dos or microsoft windows pre-installed at the factory.  other
        kinds of hardware are still normally delivered without os, so
        this term is particular to pc support groups.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-12-13
     
     
see also:
bare metal jargon file 

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

nude. naked. figuratively, this word is applied to various subjects. 2. a 
nude contract, nudum pactum, q.v. is one without a consideration; nu de 
matter, is a bare allegation of a thing done, without any evidence of it. 

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