raw

raw [rô]

adj.

[ME rawe < OE hreaw, akin to Ger roh < IE base * kreu-, clotted blood, bloody flesh > L crusta, lit., congealed blood: see CRUDE, CRUEL]

1. not cooked

2. in its natural condition; not changed by art, dilution, manufacture, aging, etc. [raw wool, raw whiskey]

3. not processed, edited, interpreted, etc. [raw data]

4. not yet processed, cleaned, etc. as by chemical treatment; untreated [raw sewage]

5. inexperienced; not yet developed or trained [a raw recruit]

6. with the skin rubbed or torn off; sore and inflamed [a raw cut]

7. uncomfortably cold and damp; bleak [a raw wind ]

8.

☆ a) brutal or coarse in frankness

b) indecent; bawdy

9. Informal harsh or unfair [a raw deal]

n.

Rare a raw or inflamed spot on the body

a raw or inflamed spot on the body

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in the raw

1. in the natural state; without cultivation, refinement, etc.

☆ 2. naked; nude

rawly

adv.

rawness

n.