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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raw \Raw\, a. [Compar {Rawer}; superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre['a]w; akin to D. raauw LG rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r, Dan. raa, Sw r[*a], L. crudus Gr kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf {Crude}, {Cruel}.] 1. 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. 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. 3. Not worked in due form in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought Specifically: a Not distilled; as raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon. b Not spun or twisted; as raw silk or cotton. c Not mixed or diluted; as raw spirits. d Not tried not melted and strained; as raw tallow. e Not tanned; as raw hides. f Not trimmed, covered, or folded under as the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth. 4. Not covered; bare. Specifically: a Bald. [Obs.] ``With scull all raw.'' --Spencer b Deprived of skin; galled; as a raw sore. c Sore, as if by being galled. And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment. --Spenser. 5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as a raw wind. ``A raw and gusty day.'' --Shak. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raw \Raw\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: raw adj 1: (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: {natural}, {raw(a)}, {rude(a)}] 2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound" 3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant: {cooked}] 4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage" 5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" [syn: {naked}] 6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" 7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: {crude}] 8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" 9: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: {bleak}, {cutting}] 10: inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore throat" [syn: {sore}] 11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: {raw(a)}, {unsanded}] 12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"; "he shipped as a green hand on a vessel" [syn: {green}, {new}, {wet behind the ears(p)}] 13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed}, {bare-ass}, {in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the raw}, {peeled}, {naked as a jaybird}, {stark naked}] n : informal; "in the raw" or "in his birthday suit" [syn: {altogether}, {buff}, {birthday suit}]
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