RAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raw mean?
• RAW (noun)
The noun RAW has 1 sense:
1. informal terms for nakedness
Familiarity information: RAW used as a noun is very rare.
• RAW (adjective)
The adjective RAW has 13 senses:
1. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
2. having the surface exposed and painful
3. not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
4. not processed or refined
5. devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
6. brutally unfair or harsh
7. not processed or subjected to analysis
8. untempered and unrefined
9. hurting
10. unpleasantly cold and damp
11. used of wood and furniture
12. lacking training or experience
13. (used informally) completely unclothed
Familiarity information: RAW used as an adjective is familiar.
Dictionary entry details
• RAW (noun)
Meaning:
Informal terms for nakedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
altogether; birthday suit; raw
Context examples:
in the raw / in the altogether / in his birthday suit
Hypernyms ("raw" is a kind of...):
nakedness; nudeness; nudity (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
• RAW (adjective)
Meaning:
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Synonyms:
raw; rude; natural
Context examples:
natural yogurt / natural produce / raw wool / raw sugar / bales of rude cotton
Similar:
unprocessed (not altered from an original or natural state)
Meaning:
Having the surface exposed and painful
Context example:
a raw wound
Similar:
injured (usually used of physical or mental injury to persons)
Meaning:
Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
Similar:
half-baked; underdone (insufficiently cooked)
rare ((of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside)
uncooked (not cooked)
untoasted (not having been browned by exposure to heat)
Antonym:
cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)
Meaning:
Not processed or refined
Context example:
raw sewage
Similar:
untreated (not subjected to chemical or physical treatment)
Meaning:
Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
Synonyms:
naked; raw
Context examples:
naked ambition / raw fury / you may kill someone someday with your raw power
Similar:
open; overt (open and observable; not secret or hidden)
Meaning:
Brutally unfair or harsh
Context examples:
received raw treatment from his friends / a raw deal
Similar:
unfair; unjust (not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception)
Meaning:
Not processed or subjected to analysis
Synonyms:
crude; raw
Context examples:
raw data / the raw cost of production / only the crude vital statistics
Similar:
unanalyzed (not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination)
Meaning:
Untempered and unrefined
Context examples:
raw talent / raw beauty
Similar:
unpolished (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing)
Meaning:
Hurting
Synonyms:
sore; tender; sensitive; raw
Context example:
the tender spot on his jaw
Similar:
painful (causing physical or psychological pain)
Meaning:
Unpleasantly cold and damp
Synonyms:
cutting; bleak; raw
Context example:
bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Similar:
cold (used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Meaning:
Used of wood and furniture
Synonyms:
unsanded; raw
Context example:
raw wood
Similar:
unfinished (not brought to the desired final state)
Meaning:
Lacking training or experience
Synonyms:
new; raw
Context examples:
the new men were eager to fight / raw recruits
Similar:
inexperienced; inexperient (lacking practical experience or training)
Meaning:
(used informally) completely unclothed
Synonyms:
stark naked; peeled; naked as a jaybird; in the raw; in the buff; in the altogether; bare-assed; bare-ass; raw
Similar:
unclothed (not wearing clothing)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
"My Son is my Son 'til he takes him a Wife, my Daughter's my Daughter all her life." (English proverb)
"The day without work, the night without sleep." (Albanian proverb)
"A mosquito can make the lion's eye bleed." (Arabic proverb)
"The one not dancing knows lots of songs." (Cypriot proverb)
