raw
    adj 1: (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" [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, raw]
    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, raw]
    8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
    9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
       sore, raw, tender]
    10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
        Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
    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" [syn: raw, new]
    13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
        bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
        raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
    n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
         altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
         altogether, birthday suit]

Raw \Raw\ (r[add]), a. [Compar. Rawer (r[add]"[~e]r); 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.
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   2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe;
      unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw
      soldiers; a raw recruit.
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            Approved himself to the raw judgment of the
            multitude.                            --De Quincey.
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   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.
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   4. Not covered; bare. Specifically:
      (a) Bald. [Obs.] "With skull all raw." --Spenser
      (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
      (c) Sore, as if by being galled.
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                And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
                Through long imprisonment.        --Spenser.
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   5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
      "A raw and gusty day." --Shak.
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   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.
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Raw \Raw\, n.
   A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch
   one on the raw.
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         Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is
         a raw.                                   --De Quincey.
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