Raw

Pronunciation: rạ

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna;

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.

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

Not covered; bare.

And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment.

- Spenser.

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

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.

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.

Noun	1.	raw - informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" Synonyms: altogether, birthday suit
Adj.	1.	raw - (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" Synonyms: rude, natural
	2.	raw - having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
	3.	raw - not treated with heat to prepare it for eating Antonyms: cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
	4.	raw - not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
	5.	raw - devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" Synonyms: naked
	6.	raw - brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
	7.	raw - not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" Synonyms: crude
	8.	raw - untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
	9.	raw - unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" Synonyms: cutting, bleak
	10.	raw - inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore throat" Synonyms: sore
	11.	raw - used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" Synonyms: unsanded
	12.	raw - 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" Synonyms: wet behind the ears, new
	13.	raw - (used informally) completely unclothed Synonyms: bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, stark naked

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