English dictionary
raw
adjectivePronunciation
ɹɔː
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- not processed or subjected to analysis
adjective
- (used informally) completely unclothed
adjective
- not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
adjective
- lacking training or experience
adjective
- brutally unfair or harsh
adjective
- used of wood and furniture
adjective
- unpleasantly cold and damp
adjective
- having the surface exposed and painful
adjective
- devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
adjective
- hurting
adjective
- untempered and unrefined
adjective
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
adjective
- not processed or refined
noun
- informal terms for nakedness
Example sentences
raw data
the raw cost of production
only the crude vital statistics
the new men were eager to fight
raw recruits
received raw treatment from his friends
a raw deal
raw wood
bleak winds of the North Atlantic
a raw wound
naked ambition
raw fury
you may kill someone someday with your raw power
the tender spot on his jaw
raw talent
raw beauty
natural yogurt
natural produce
raw wool
raw sugar
bales of rude cotton
raw sewage
in the raw
in the altogether
in his birthday suit