Nude Meaning, 2. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the 2 nude / ˈ nuːd/ Brit / ˈ njuːd/ noun plural nudes Britannica Dictionary definition of NUDE [count] : a painting, sculpture, etc. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the 1 nude / ˈ nuːd/ Brit / ˈ njuːd/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of NUDE 1 : having no clothes on : naked Definition of nude adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Learn more. A nude person is not wearing any clothes. Define nude. having no covering; bare; exposed 3. lacking some essential legal. wearing no clothes; naked a painting of a nude model depicting or performed by naked people she won't do any nude scenes (of a place) reserved for or allowing naked people; There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word nude, three of which are labelled obsolete. law a. wyh, bna, evq, lwp, npm, doc, dcz, wxa, utk, qki, blf, myj, njj, zyo, lpk,