Definition of raw Raw
/ɹɑˈ/ - [ra] - raw
We found 44 definitions of raw from 8 different sources.
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What does raw mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: raws |
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| raw - informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" | ||
| altogether, birthday suit | ||
Adjectiveraw, rawer, rawest |
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| raw - not treated with heat to prepare it for eating | ||
| cooked having been prepared for eating by the application of heat | ||
| underdone, half-baked insufficiently cooked | ||
| rare not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert" | ||
| uncooked not cooked | ||
| raw - lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" | ||
| new | ||
| inexperienced, inexperient lacking practical experience or training | ||
| raw - having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound" | ||
| injured harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings" | ||
| raw - brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" | ||
| raw - used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" | ||
| unsanded | ||
| raw - untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" | ||
| raw - not processed or refined; "raw sewage" | ||
| raw - hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" | ||
| sensitive, sore, tender | ||
| painful causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" | ||
| raw - not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" | ||
| crude | ||
| unanalyzed not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination; "an unanalyzed compound"; "unanalyzed data" | ||
| raw - unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" | ||
| bleak, cutting | ||
| cold lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave" | ||
| raw - (used informally) completely unclothed | ||
| bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked | ||
| unclothed not wearing clothing | ||
| raw - devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" | ||
| naked | ||
| overt, open open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots" | ||
| raw - (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" | ||
| natural, rude | ||
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Wiktionary 
- raw (Noun)
An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such. - raw (Adjective)
Of food: not cooked. - raw (Adjective)
Not treated or processed of materials, products etc. ; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. - raw (Adjective)
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated. - raw (Adjective)
New or inexperienced. - raw (Adjective)
Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. - raw (Adjective)
Of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis. - raw (Adjective)
Of weather: unpleasantly damp or cold. - raw (Adjective)
Without a condom.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- raw (superl.)
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. - raw (superl.)
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit. - raw (superl.)
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. - raw (superl.)
Not distilled; as, raw water - raw (superl.)
Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton - raw (superl.)
Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits - raw (superl.)
Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow - raw (superl.)
Not tanned; as, raw hides - raw (superl.)
Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth. - raw (superl.)
Not covered; bare. - raw (superl.)
Bald. - raw (superl.)
Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore. - raw (superl.)
Sore, as if by being galled. - raw (superl.)
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind. - raw (n.)
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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raw
That has not been cooked (food). -
raw
Bare-bones; nothing else.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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raw
raw, adj. not altered from its natural state: not cooked or dressed: unbaked: not prepared or manufactured: not mixed: having the skin abraded: sore, as from abrasion of the skin: unfinished: immature: inexperienced: chilly and damp.—n. a galled place: an inveterate sore: hence (fig.) a point on which one is particularly sensitive.—adjs. Raw′bone (Spens.), Raw′boned, with little flesh on the bones: gaunt; Raw′-cold (Shak.), damp and cold.—ns. Raw′head, a spectre mentioned to frighten children; Raw′hide, an untanned skin: a whip made of twisted, untanned leather.—adj. Raw′ish, rather raw.—adv. Raw′ly.—ns. Raw′ness; Raw′-port, a porthole through which an oar can be worked in a small vessel. [A.S. hreáw; Dut. raauw, Ice. hrár, Ger. roh.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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raw
Unseasoned, unripe in skill, wanting knowledge in tactics.
Wikipedia 
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Foods are raw when they are not cooked.
Most things are good to eat raw, but some, such as eggplants, can be poisonous.
Health.
It is healthier to eat raw food rather than cooked food, because the nutrients and enzymes are harmed when they are cooked. Raw food is easier to digest than cooked food.
People who start to eat only raw foods need time to adjust their diet, because they are used to digesting cooked foods. Most people who start to eat only raw foods start to feel much better. They do not get sick as often as people who eat mostly cooked food, and they also live longer.
Germs.
Raw food can sometimes make people sick because of germs.
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🔤- raw, noun, singular of raws.
- raw, adjective.
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