"nake" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /neɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nake.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nakes [present, singular, third-person], naking [participle, present], naked [participle, past], naked [past]
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: From Middle English naken (“to nake”), from Old English nacian (“to bare, strip, make naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną (“to make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ- (“to make naked”). Cognate with Old Norse nǫkkva (“to bare, expose”). More at naked. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|naken||to nake}} Middle English naken (“to nake”), {{inh|en|ang|nacian||to bare, strip, make naked}} Old English nacian (“to bare, strip, make naked”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*nakwōną||to make naked}} Proto-Germanic *nakwōną (“to make naked”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*nogʷ-||to make naked}} Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ- (“to make naked”), {{cog|non|nǫkkva||to bare, expose}} Old Norse nǫkkva (“to bare, expose”), {{m|en|naked}} naked Head templates: {{en-verb}} nake (third-person singular simple present nakes, present participle naking, simple past and past participle naked)
  1. (now chiefly Scotland) To make naked; to bare. Tags: Scotland Synonyms: expose, reveal
    Sense id: en-nake-en-verb-9wk0a6X4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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