naked
e.rom describes a person without clothing, whether exposed, left stripped, or needing to be clothed.
The attested use describes persons without clothing: people recognize their exposure, are left stripped after loss, or are identified as those needing clothing. The same adjective appears in singular and plural forms without a demonstrated change in meaning.
Senses in use
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Without clothing or left exposed · dominant
In Genesis 3:7, the plural form occurs when both people realize their condition and make coverings; Genesis 3:10 and Genesis 3:11 place the singular form in the man's fear and hiding. In Ezekiel 16:39 and Ezekiel 23:29, the APB renders the outcome of taking clothes away as being left "naked and bare," while Ezekiel 18:7 identifies the person whom the righteous man covers with clothing.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the condition with "naked" and, in several Ezekiel verses, "naked and bare." In Deuteronomy 28:48 it uses "nakedness" within a list of deprivation; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.