raw
uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton.
unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument.
painfully open, as a sore or wound.
crude in quality or character; not tempered or refined by art or taste: raw humor.
ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit.
brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions.
brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends.
disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air: a raw, foggy day at the beach.
not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey.
unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data.
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
unrefined sugar, oil, etc.
Idioms about raw
in the raw,
in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw.
Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw.
Origin of raw
1synonym study For raw
Other words for raw
Opposites for raw
Other words from raw
- rawish, adjective
- raw·ish·ness, noun
- rawly, adverb
- rawness, noun
- half-raw, adjective
- sem·i·raw, adjective
- sem·i·raw·ly, adverb
- sem·i·raw·ness, noun
Words Nearby raw
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How to use raw in a sentence
Rather, they house enough of the raw ingredients to create water when heated.
Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought | Christopher Crockett | August 27, 2020 | Science NewsSome of the elements on a printed circuit board, essentially the brain of a computer, are raw materials whose supply is at risk.
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It’s the same reaction that powers all stars, and trying to corral that kind of raw power and turn it into something we can use effectively is a challenge scientists have been struggling with for decades.
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raw eel seemed to be popular during and after the Middle Ages.
The script would be used as more than just raw material, but would need to be fudged.
Michael C. Hall on Going Drag for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ and Exorcising ‘Dexter’ | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe raw materials— tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold—were dubbed “conflict minerals.”
Aaron Rodgers Takes Aim at Congo’s ‘Blood Minerals’ War | John Prendergast | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there was a lot of raw violence in the humor of the time.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians | Anthony Haden-Guest | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the raw believability of, say, Magnum photography has been done for.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians | Anthony Haden-Guest | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsIt had come on to rain, and the raw dampness mingled itself with the dusky uproar of the Strand.
Confidence | Henry JamesThe evening was cold and raw and so dark that it was almost impossible to distinguish people on the badly lighted little platform.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThis problem was solved by a native coming along driving a raw-boned horse before a rickety wagon.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe comparison of the cost of production, therefore, with the value of the raw material, shows a very large margin of profit.
Asbestos | Robert H. Jones
British Dictionary definitions for raw
/ (rɔː) /
(of food) not cooked: raw onion
(prenominal) in an unfinished, natural, or unrefined state; not treated by manufacturing or other processes: raw materials for making steel; raw brick
(of an edge of material) unhemmed; liable to fray
(of the skin, a wound, etc) having the surface exposed or abraded, esp painfully
ignorant, inexperienced, or immature: a raw recruit
(prenominal) not selected or modified: raw statistics
frank or realistic: a raw picture of the breakdown of a marriage
(of spirits) undiluted
mainly US coarse, vulgar, or obscene
mainly US recently done; fresh: raw paintwork
(of the weather) harshly cold and damp
informal unfair; unjust (esp in the phrase a raw deal)
the raw British informal a sensitive point: his criticism touched me on the raw
in the raw
informal without clothes; naked
in a natural or unmodified state: life in the raw
Origin of raw
1Derived forms of raw
- rawish, adjective
- rawly, adverb
- rawness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with raw
In addition to the idiom beginning with raw
- raw deal
also see:
- in the altogether (raw)
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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