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| 1. | [ adjective ] (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition | |
| Synonyms: | rude natural | |
| Examples: | "natural yogurt" "natural produce" "raw wool" "raw sugar" "bales of rude cotton" |
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| Related terms: | unprocessed | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having the surface exposed and painful | |
| Examples: | "a raw wound" |
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| Related terms: | injured | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure | |
| Synonyms: | naked | |
| Examples: | "naked ambition" "raw fury" "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" |
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| Related terms: | overt | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not processed or subjected to analysis | |
| Synonyms: | crude | |
| Examples: | "raw data" "the raw cost of production" "only the crude vital statistics" |
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| Related terms: | unanalyzed | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] brutally unfair or harsh | |
| Examples: | "received raw treatment from his friends" "a raw deal" |
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| Related terms: | unfair | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] not processed or refined | |
| Examples: | "raw sewage" |
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| Related terms: | untreated | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (food) not treated with heat to prepare it for eating | |
| Related terms: | cooked rare untoasted half-baked uncooked half-baked | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] unpleasantly cold and damp | |
| Synonyms: | cutting bleak | |
| Examples: | "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" |
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| Related terms: | cold | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] inflamed and painful | |
| Synonyms: | sore | |
| Examples: | "his throat was raw" "had a sore throat" |
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| Related terms: | unhealthy | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] lacking training or experience | |
| Synonyms: | new green wet_behind_the_ears | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | inexperienced | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] untempered and unrefined | |
| Examples: | "raw talent" "raw beauty" |
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| Related terms: | unpolished | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] used of wood and furniture | |
| Synonyms: | unsanded | |
| Examples: | "raw wood" |
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| Related terms: | unfinished | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] (used informally) completely unclothed | |
| Synonyms: | bare-ass in_the_altogether in_the_buff in_the_raw peeled naked_as_a_jaybird stark_naked bare-assed | |
| Related terms: | colloquialism unclothed | |
| 14. | [ noun ] (clothing) informal terms for nakedness | |
| Synonyms: | buff birthday_suit altogether | |
| Examples: | "in the raw" "in the altogether" "in his birthday suit" |
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| Related terms: | nakedness | |
| Similar spelling: |
Rawe Ra ray Rau Rao Rae Rayo Raye Raya Rauh raiu Raia Rahu Rahe r |
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