Overview of noun raw

The noun raw has 1 sense

• raw, altogether, birthday suit -- (informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit")

Overview of adj raw

The adj raw has 13 senses

• natural, raw, rude -- ((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 -- (having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound")


• raw -- (not treated with heat to prepare it for eating)


• raw -- (not processed or refined; "raw sewage")


• naked, raw -- (devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power")


• raw -- (brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal")


• crude, raw -- (not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics")


• raw -- (untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty")


• sensitive, sore, raw, tender -- (hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw")


• bleak, cutting, raw -- (unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic")


• raw, unsanded -- (used of wood and furniture; "raw wood")


• raw, new -- (lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits")


• bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked -- ((used informally) completely unclothed)