
raw
adj 1: (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed
condition; "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}]
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}]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: {bleak}, {cutting}]
10: inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore
throat" [syn: {sore}]
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"; "he was still wet behind the ears
when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel" [syn: {new},
{wet behind the ears(p)}]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed}, {bare-ass},
{in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the raw}, {peeled},
{naked as a jaybird}, {stark naked}]
n : informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {altogether}, {birthday
suit}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0