raw

• (s) (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
  rude, natural,
• (s) having the surface exposed and painful
  • a raw wound
• (a) not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
• (s) not processed or refined
  • raw sewage
• (s) devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
  • naked ambition
  • raw fury
  • you may kill someone someday with your raw power
  naked,
• (s) brutally unfair or harsh
  • received raw treatment from his friends
  • a raw deal
• (s) not processed or subjected to analysis
  • raw data
  • the raw cost of production
  • only the crude vital statistics
  crude,
• (s) untempered and unrefined
  • raw talent
  • raw beauty
• (s) hurting
  • the tender spot on his jaw
  sore, tender, sensitive,
• (s) unpleasantly cold and damp
  • bleak winds of the North Atlantic
  cutting, bleak,
• (s) used of wood and furniture
  • raw wood
  unsanded,
• (s) lacking training or experience
  • the new men were eager to fight
  • raw recruits
  new,
• (s) (used informally) completely unclothed bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, stark naked,

Nouns

• (n) informal terms for nakedness
  • in the raw
  • in the altogether
  • in his birthday suit
  altogether, birthday suit,

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