Definition of 'raw'

Noun

1. informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"
      Synonyms: altogether birthday suit

Adjective

1. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"
      Synonyms: natural rude
2. having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3. not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
      Antonyms: cooked
4. not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5. devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"
      Synonyms: naked
6. brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
7. not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
      Synonyms: crude
8. untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
      Synonyms: sensitive sore tender
10. unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
       Synonyms: bleak cutting
11. used of wood and furniture; "raw wood"
       Synonyms: unsanded
12. lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"
       Synonyms: new
13. (used informally) completely unclothed
       Synonyms: bare-assed bare-ass in the altogether in the buff in the raw peeled naked as a jaybird stark naked

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