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1. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
   "raw wool"; "raw sugar";
   - natural, rude
    
2. Having the surface exposed and painful
   "a raw wound"
    
3. Not processed or refined
   "raw sewage"
    
4. Devoid of elaboration, diminution or concealment; bare and pure
   "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power";
   - naked
    
5. Brutally unfair or harsh
   "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
    
6. Not processed or subjected to analysis
   "raw data"; "the raw cost of production";
   - crude
    
7. Untempered and unrefined
   "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
    
8. Hurting
   "the raw spot on his jaw";
   - sensitive, sore, tender
    
9. Unpleasantly cold and damp
   "raw winds of the North Atlantic";
   - bleak, cutting
    
10. (used of wood and furniture) not sanded or polished
    "raw wood";
    - unsanded
     
11. Lacking training or experience
    "raw recruits";
    - new
     
12. [informal] Completely unclothed
    - bare-assed [N. Amer, informal], bare-ass [N. Amer, informal], in the altogether [informal], in the buff [informal], in the raw [informal], peeled [informal], naked as a jaybird [US, informal], stark naked [informal], buck naked [N. Amer, informal]
     
13. Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating

1. The state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
   "in the raw";
   - nakedness, nudity, nudeness, altogether [informal], birthday suit [informal]

1. India's external intelligence agency
   - Research and Analysis Wing [Asia], RAW [Asia]

Sounds like: raquets, ras, ra

Derived forms: raws, rawest, rawer

See also: cold, green [informal], half-baked, inexperienced, inexperient [non-standard], injured, open, overt, painful, rare, unanalysed [Brit, Cdn], unanalyzed [N. Amer], unclothed, uncooked, underdone, unfair, unfinished, unjust, unpolished, unprocessed, untoasted, untreated

Type of: condition, status

Antonym: cooked

Encyclopedia: Raw, Uncut, and X-Rated