Raw meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Adjective form

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. Adjective form

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

3. Adjective form

Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.

4. Adjective form

Not distilled; as, raw water

5. Adjective form

Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton

6. Adjective form

Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits

7. Adjective form

Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow

8. Adjective form

Not tanned; as, raw hides

9. Adjective form

Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.

10. Adjective form

Not covered; bare.

11. Adjective form

Bald.

12. Adjective form

Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.

13. Adjective form

Sore, as if by being galled.

14. Adjective form

Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.

15. Noun

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

16. Noun

informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"

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