— rawish , adj. — rawishness , n. — rawly , adv. — rawness , n.
/raw/ , adj., rawer, rawest , n.
adj.
1. uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
2. not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton.
3. unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument.
4. painfully open, as a sore or wound.
5. crude in quality or character; not tempered or refined by art or taste: raw humor.
6. ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit.
7. brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions.
8. brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends.
9. disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air: a raw, foggy day at the beach.
10. not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey.
11. unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data.
n.
12. a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
13. unrefined sugar, oil, etc.
14. in the raw ,
a. in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw.
b. Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw.
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE hreaw, hraew; c. D rauw, G roh; akin to L crudus raw (see CRUDE), cruor blood, Gk kréas raw flesh ]
Syn. 2. unprepared, rough, makeshift. RAW, CRUDE, RUDE refer to something not in a finished or highly refined state. RAW applies particularly to material not yet changed by a process, by manufacture, or by preparation for consumption: raw cotton; raw leather. CRUDE refers to that which still needs refining: crude petroleum. RUDE refers to what is still in a condition of rough simplicity or in a makeshift or roughly made form: rude agricultural implements; the rude bridge that arched the flood. 6. undisciplined, green, unskilled, unpracticed. 9. cold, wet. 10. straight, neat.
Ant. 1. cooked.