nake

English

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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪk

Verb

1. (chiefly Scotland) To make naked; to bare.
   • Chaucer

     Come, be ready, nake your swords.

Anagrams

• Kane, Kean, aken, enka, kaen

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Dutch

Verb

nake

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of naken

Anagrams

• Aken, aken, kane

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Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from naked.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːk(ə)/

Adjective

nake (rare)

1. naked, exposed, miserly

References

• “nāke (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.

Etymology 2

From Old English nacian.

Verb

nake

1. Alternative form of naken

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nakent

Adjective

nake

1. neuter singular of naken