RAW

crude, raw

(adjective) not processed or subjected to analysis; “raw data”; “the raw cost of production”; “only the crude vital statistics”

raw, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, bare-assed, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked

(adjective) (used informally) completely unclothed

raw

(adjective) not treated with heat to prepare it for eating

raw, new

(adjective) lacking training or experience; “the new men were eager to fight”; “raw recruits”

raw

(adjective) brutally unfair or harsh; “received raw treatment from his friends”; “a raw deal”

bleak, cutting, raw

(adjective) unpleasantly cold and damp; “bleak winds of the North Atlantic”

raw

(adjective) having the surface exposed and painful; “a raw wound”

naked, raw

(adjective) devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; “naked ambition”; “raw fury”; “you may kill someone someday with your raw power”

sensitive, sore, raw, tender

(adjective) hurting; “the tender spot on his jaw”

raw

(adjective) untempered and unrefined; “raw talent”; “raw beauty”

natural, raw, rude

(adjective) (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”

raw

(adjective) not processed or refined; “raw sewage”

raw, altogether, birthday suit

(noun) informal terms for nakedness; “in the raw”; “in the altogether”; “in his birthday suit”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

raw (comparative rawer, superlative rawest)

(cooking) (of food) Not cooked. [from 9th c.]

(of materials, products, etc.) Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.]

Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated. [from 14th c.]

New or inexperienced. [from 16th c.]

Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. [from 16th c.]

(statistics) (of data) Uncorrected, without analysis. [from 20th c.]

(of weather) Unpleasantly cold or damp.

(of an emotion, personality, etc.) Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed

Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.

(of language) Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters

(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.

Synonyms

• See also raw

Adverb

raw

(slang) Without a condom.

Synonyms

• (without a condom): condomless

Noun

raw (plural raws)

(sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.

A galled place; an inveterate sore.

(by extension, figurative) A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.

(anime fandom) A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.

(manga fandom) A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.

Anagrams

• RWA, Rwa, WAR, WRA, War, War., war, war-

Proper noun

RAW (plural er-noun)

(India, acronym) Acronym of Research and Analysis Wing.

Noun

RAW (uncountable)

(games) Abbreviation of rules as written: the actual rules appearing in the rulebook, as opposed to house rules, or to rules that might have been intended (in the event of a mistake in the rulebook).

(computing) Initialism of read after write, a kind of data hazard.

Anagrams

• RWA, Rwa, WAR, WRA, War, War., war, war-

Source: Wiktionary


Raw, a. [Compar Rawer; superl. Rawest.] Etym: [AS. hreáw; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. ro, Icel. hrar, Dan. raa, Sw. rå, L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. sq. root18. 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.

Raw, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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