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Naked vs Nayed - What's the difference?

naked | nayed |

As verbs the difference between naked and nayed

is that naked is past tense of nake while nayed is past tense of nay.

As an adjective naked

is not wearing any clothes; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.

naked

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (m).

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not wearing any clothes; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
    • She was as naked as the day she was born.
  • Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
    • This is the naked truth.
    The naked facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.
  • Unprotected; (by extension) without a condom.
    • The tendrils of the naked flame stretched into the skies.
    I entered her naked and came in her too.
  • Uncomfortable; as if missing something important.
    • I feel naked without my mobile phone.
    Synonyms
    * bare, nude, starkers, unclad, unclothed, butt-naked, bareassed, birthday suit, showing skin, barefoot * See also * (without a condom)
    Derived terms
    * naked ape * naked eye * naked flame * naked truth * half-naked, half naked * semi-naked

    Etymology 2

    See (nake) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nake)

    • Anagrams

    * (l), (l)

    nayed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nay)

    • nay

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) no

    • Derived terms

    * nay-say * naysayer

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
  • * His face was dirty, nay filthy.
  • * 1663 ,
    • [...] And proved not only horse, but cows, / Nay pigs, were of the elder house: / For beasts, when man was but a piece / Of earth himself, did th' earth possess.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 18.
    • And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vote against.
    • I vote nay , even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.
  • A person who voted against.
    • The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed, the nays have it.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To refuse.
    • (Holinshed)

    Adjective

  • nary

    • Anagrams

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