'RAW' definitions:

Definition of 'raw'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a), rude(a)]
adjective
Having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
adjective
Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant: cooked]
adjective
Not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
adjective
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, raw]
adjective
Brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
adjective
Not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: crude, raw]
adjective
Untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
adjective
Hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive, sore, raw, tender]
adjective
Unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
adjective
Used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a), unsanded]
adjective
Lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
adjective
(used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
noun
Informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw, altogether, birthday suit]

Definition of 'Raw'

From: GCIDE
  • Raw \Raw\ (r[add]), a. [Compar. Rawer (r[add]"[~e]r); superl. Rawest.] [AS. hre['a]w; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. Crude, Cruel.]
  • 1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit. [1913 Webster]
  • Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically: (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon. (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton. (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits. (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow. (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides. (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Not covered; bare. Specifically: (a) Bald. [Obs.] "With skull all raw." --Spenser (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore. (c) Sore, as if by being galled. [1913 Webster]
  • And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind. "A raw and gusty day." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Raw material, material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry.
  • Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Raw'

From: GCIDE
  • Raw \Raw\, n. A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw. [1913 Webster]
  • Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'raw'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'raw'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Read-After-Write (WAW, WAR)