Adjective
1. (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;
"natural yogurt""natural produce""raw wool""raw sugar""bales of rude cotton"2. having the surface exposed and painful;
"a raw wound"3. not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
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"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"8. untempered and unrefined;
"raw talent""raw beauty"9. unpleasantly cold and damp;
"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"10. inflamed and painful;
"his throat was raw""had a sore throat"11. used of wood and furniture;
"raw wood"12. lacking training or experience;
"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"13. (used informally) completely unclothed