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raw Definition

• (a) not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
• (n) informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"
• (s) having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
• (s) not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
• (s) devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"
• (s) brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
• (s) not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
• (s) untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
• (s) unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
• (s) inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore throat"
• (s) 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"
• (s) (used informally) completely unclothed

raw Synonyms

• altogether
• bare-ass
• bare-assed
• birthday suit
• bleak
• crude
• cutting
• in the altogether
• in the buff
• in the raw
• naked
• naked as a jaybird
• new
• peeled
• raw
• sore
• stark naked
• wet behind the ears(p)