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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for nakednessplay

Example:

in his birthday suit

Synonyms:

altogether; birthday suit; raw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("raw" is a kind of...):

nakedness; nudeness; nudity (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not processed or subjected to analysisplay

Example:

only the crude vital statistics

Synonyms:

crude; raw

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unanalyzed (not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination)

Derivation:

rawness (the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used informally) completely unclothedplay

Synonyms:

bare-ass; bare-assed; in the altogether; in the buff; in the raw; naked as a jaybird; peeled; raw; stark naked

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unclothed (not wearing clothing)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not treated with heat to prepare it for eatingplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

half-baked; underdone (insufficiently cooked)

rare ((of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside)

uncooked (not cooked)

untoasted (not having been browned by exposure to heat)

Antonym:

cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lacking training or experienceplay

Example:

raw recruits

Synonyms:

new; raw

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

inexperienced; inexperient (lacking practical experience or training)

Derivation:

rawness (lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Brutally unfair or harshplay

Example:

a raw deal

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unfair; unjust (not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Used of wood and furnitureplay

Example:

raw wood

Synonyms:

raw; unsanded

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unfinished (not brought to the desired final state)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Unpleasantly cold and dampplay

Example:

bleak winds of the North Atlantic

Synonyms:

bleak; cutting; raw

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)

Derivation:

rawness (a chilly dampness)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Having the surface exposed and painfulplay

Example:

a raw wound

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

injured (harmed)

Derivation:

rawness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))

Sense 9

Meaning:

Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pureplay

Example:

you may kill someone someday with your raw power

Synonyms:

naked; raw

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

open; overt (open and observable; not secret or hidden)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Hurtingplay

Example:

the tender spot on his jaw

Synonyms:

raw; sensitive; sore; tender

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

painful (causing physical or psychological pain)

Derivation:

rawness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))

Sense 11

Meaning:

Untempered and unrefinedplay

Example:

raw beauty

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unpolished (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing)

Sense 12

Meaning:

(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processesplay

Example:

bales of rude cotton

Synonyms:

natural; raw; rude

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unprocessed (not altered from an original or natural state)

Sense 13

Meaning:

Not processed or refinedplay

Example:

raw sewage

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

untreated (not subjected to chemical or physical treatment)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Words used to describe sensitive skin include 'like sunburned skin,' and 'raw skin.'

(NPS - Tell Us How Sensitive Your Skin is to Light Touch or Clothing, NCI Thesaurus)

The process of generating an image from the raw data, or set of unprocessed measurements, made by an imaging system.

(Optical Image Reconstruction, NCI Thesaurus)

Raw and chill was the winter morning: my teeth chattered as I hastened down the drive.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

How now, coz, have I touched thee on the raw?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Humans are infected from ingestion of raw or undercooked food.

(Paragonimiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

But you’ll observe that it is the raw young bloods who are giving the odds, and the Sheenies who are taking them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She would save this raw young man who had come so far.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This has caught the attention of industries that require large amounts of raw materials, including biofuels.

(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)

The treated material is also ideal for food packaging, where it could stop the accidental transfer of bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella and listeria from raw chicken, meat and other foods.

(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Biomass is produced from microalgae which is used to extract the oil, which then serves as the raw material.

(Petrobras considers producing biodiesel from microalgae, Agência Brasil)




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