nai l scis|sors also nail-scissors N‑PLURAL [oft a pair of N ] Nail scissors are small scissors that you use for cutting your nails. □ Mishka got some nail scissors and started carefully trimming his fingernails.
nai l var|nish (nail varnishes ) N‑VAR Nail varnish is the same as nail polish . [BRIT ] in AM, use nail polish
na|ive /na I iː v, [AM ] nɑː-/ also naïve ADJ [ADJ to-inf] If you describe someone as naive , you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind. □ It's naive to think that teachers are always tolerant. □ …naive idealists. □ Their view was that he had been politically naive. ● na|ive|ly ADV [usu ADV with v] □ …naively assuming that they would be protected by local development plans. □ I thought, naively, that this would be a nine-to-five job. ● na|ive|ty /na I iː v I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ I was alarmed by his naivety and ignorance of international affairs.
na|ked /ne I k I d/
1 ADJ [ADJ n, ADJ after v, v-link ADJ ] Someone who is naked is not wearing any clothes. □ Her naked body was found wrapped in a sheet in a field. □ The hot paving stones scorched my naked feet. □ They stripped me naked. □ He stood naked in front of me. ● na|ked|ness N‑UNCOUNT [oft poss N ] □ He had pulled the blanket over his body to hide his nakedness.
2 → see also stark naked
3 ADJ If an animal or part of an animal is naked , it has no fur or feathers on it. □ The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.
4 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You can describe an object as naked when it does not have its normal covering. □ …a naked bulb dangling in a bare room.
5 ADJ [ADJ n] You can use naked to describe unpleasant or violent actions and behaviour which are not disguised or hidden in any way. [JOURNALISM ] □ Naked aggression and an attempt to change frontiers by force could not go unchallenged.
6 PHRASE If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye , you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope. □ There's so much going on that you can't see with the naked eye.
name ◆◆◆ /ne I m/ (names , naming , named )
1 N‑COUNT [usu with poss] The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them. □ 'What's his name?'—'Peter.' □ I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name. □ They changed the name of the street.
2 VERB When you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life. □ [V n n] My mother insisted on naming me Horace. □ [V -ed] …a man named John T. Benson.
3 VERB If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing. □ [V n + after ] Why have you not named any of your sons after yourself? [Also V n + for ]
4 VERB If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name. □ [V n] It's nearly thirty years since a journalist was jailed for refusing to name a source. □ [be V -ed + as ] One of the victims of the weekend's snowstorm has been named as twenty-year-old John Barr.
5 VERB If you name something such as a price, time, or place, you say what you want it to be. □ [V n] Call Marty, tell him to name his price.
6 VERB If you name the person for a particular job, you say who you want to have the job. □ [V n] The England manager will be naming a new captain. □ [be V -ed + as ] When the chairman retired, McGovern was named as his successor. □ [be V -ed n] Early in 1941 he was named commander of the Afrika Korps. [Also V n + as , V n n]
7 N‑COUNT [usu sing] You can refer to the reputation of a person or thing as their name . □ [+ for ] He had a name for good judgement. □ She's never had any drug problems or done anything to give jazz a bad name.
8 N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] You can refer to someone as, for example, a famous name or a great name when they are well-known. [JOURNALISM ] □ [+ in ] …some of the most famous names in modelling and show business.
9 → see also assumed name , big name , brand name , Christian name , code name , first name , given name , maiden name , middle name , pet name
10 PHRASE If something is in someone's name , it officially belongs to them or is reserved for them. □ The house is in my husband's name. □ A double room had been reserved for him in the name of Muller.
11 PHRASE If someone does something in the name of a group of people, they do it as the representative of that group. □ In the United States the majority governs in the name of the people.
12 PHRASE If you do something in the name of an ideal or an abstract thing, you do it in order to preserve or promote that thing. □ A political leader risked his own power in the name of the greater public good.
13 PHRASE People sometimes use expressions such as ' in the name of heaven' or ' in the name of humanity' to add emphasis to a question or request. [EMPHASIS ] □ What in the name of heaven's going on? □ In the name of humanity, I ask the government to reappraise this important issue.
14 PHRASE When you mention someone or something by name , or address someone by name , you use their name. □ He greets customers by name and enquires about their health.