lewd /ljuːd/adjective 5verb 2noun 1forms 5 adjective5 •(disapproving) Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude. •(no longer used) Base, vile, reprehensible. •(no longer used) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.But the Jews, which believed not, […] took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, […] and assaulted the house of Jason. — 1611 •(no longer used) Uneducated.My scoles are not for unthriftes untaught, / For frantick faitours half mad and half straught; / But my learning is of another degree / To taunt theim like liddrons, lewde as thei bee. — 1515 •(no longer used) Lay; not clerical.So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. — 1599 verb2 •(slang) To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner."Well then,” dropping her bathrobe, lewding her lips, “how 'bout some lovee?” — 2011 •(slang) To sexualize a character, especially in a fan illustration. noun1 •(slang) A sexually suggestive image, particularly one which does not involve full nudity.[…] also put it, he learned “the difference between nudes and lewds." — 1996 formslewded · lewding · lewds · lewder · lewdest