Definitions for: Raw


[n] informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"
[adj] not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
[adj] (used informally) completely unclothed
[adj] not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
[adj] lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"; "he was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel"
[adj] brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
[adj] inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore throat"
[adj] unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
[adj] having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
[adj] devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"
[adj] untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
[adj] not processed or refined; "raw sewage"



Webster (1913) Definition: Raw, a. [Compar Rawer; superl. Rawest.] [AS. hre['a]w;
akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r,
Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis
raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. Crude, Cruel.]
1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the
action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked;
not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not
done; as, raw meat.

2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe;
unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw
soldiers; a raw recruit.

Approved himself to the raw judgment of the
multitude. --De Quincey.

3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by
art; unwrought. Specifically:
(a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon.
(b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.
(c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.
(d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.
(e) Not tanned; as, raw hides.
(f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw
edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.

4. Not covered; bare. Specifically:
(a) Bald. [Obs.] ``With scull all raw.'' --Spencer
(b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
(c) Sore, as if by being galled.

And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through
long imprisonment. --Spenser.

5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. ``A raw
and gusty day.'' --Shak.

Raw material, material that has not been subjected to a
(specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw
material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of
the shoe industry.

Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.


Raw, n.
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch
one on the raw.

Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is
a raw. --De Quincey.

Synonyms: altogether, bare-ass, bare-assed, birthday suit, bleak, cold, crude, cutting, half-baked, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, inexperienced, injured, naked, naked as a jaybird, new, open, overt, peeled, rare, sore, stark naked, unanalyzed, unclothed, uncooked, underdone, unfair, unhealthy, unjust, unpolished, untoasted, untreated, wet behind the ears(p)

Antonyms: cooked

See Also: nakedness, nudeness, nudity

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