raw in English dictionary

  • raw

    Meanings and definitions of "raw"

    • Of food: not cooked. [from 9th c.]
    • Not treated or processed (of materials, products etc.); in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.]
    • Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated. [from 14th c.]
    • New or inexperienced. [from 16th c.]
    • Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. [from 16th c.]
    • Of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis. [from 20th c.]
    • (slang) without a condom
    • Bare-bones; nothing else.
    • adjective
      Of food: not cooked. [from 9th c.]
    • adjective
      Not treated or processed (of materials, products etc.); in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.]
    • adjective
      Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated. [from 14th c.]
    • adjective
      New or inexperienced. [from 16th c.]
    • adjective
      Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. [from 16th c.]
    • adjective
      Of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis. [from 20th c.]
    • adjective
      Of weather: unpleasantly damp or cold.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Not covered; bare; bald.
    • adverb
      (slang)
      Without a condom.
    • noun
      (sugar refining, sugar trade)
      An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
    • noun
      (anime fandom slang)
      A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
    • noun
      (manga fandom slang)
      A scan that has not been cleaned (polished or purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.
    • uncooked
    • untreated
    • inexperienced
    • That has not been cooked (food).
    • raw (device, file, etc.)
    • smelling of fish or blood
    • adjective
      brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
    • adjective
      devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"
    • adjective
      having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
    • adjective
      hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
    • adjective
      lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"
    • adjective
      not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
    • adjective
      not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
    • adjective
      not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
    • adjective
      unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
    • adjective
      untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
    • adjective
      (used informally) completely unclothed
    • noun
      informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"

    Synonyms of "raw" in English dictionary

    crude, rude, unfinished are the top synonyms of "raw" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "raw" in English dictionary

    cooked is the antonym of "raw" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of raw

    • raw ( comparative rawer, superlative rawest)
    • raw (comparative rawer, superlative rawest)
    • raw (plural raws)
  • RAW

    Meanings and definitions of "raw"

    • abbreviation
      (games)
      The rules as written: the actual rules appearing in the rulebook, as opposed to house rules, or as opposed to the rules that might have been intended (in the event of a mistake in the rulebook).
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