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Raw Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Raw: 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) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Raw: See Also \| nakedness \| nudeness \| nudity Raw In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Raw Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

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See Also | nakedness | nudeness | nudity

Raw In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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