Raw Definition

rawest, rawer
adjective
rawest, rawer
Not cooked.
Webster's New World
In its natural condition; not changed by art, dilution, manufacture, aging, etc.
Raw wool, raw whiskey.
Webster's New World
Not processed, edited, interpreted, etc.
Raw data.
Webster's New World
Not finished, covered, or coated.
Raw wood.
American Heritage
Not yet processed, cleaned, etc. as by chemical treatment; untreated.
Raw sewage.
Webster's New World
adverb
Without a condom; unprotected.
American Heritage
noun
A raw or inflamed spot on the body.
Webster's New World

(sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
in the raw
  • In a crude or unrefined state:

    nature in the raw.

  • Nude; naked.
American Heritage
in the raw
  • in the natural state; without cultivation, refinement, etc.
  • naked; nude
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Raw

Noun

Singular:
raw
Plural:
raws

Adjective

Base Form:
raw
Comparative:
rawer
Superlative:
rawest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Raw

Origin of Raw

  • From Middle English raw, rau, from Old English hrÄ“aw (“raw, uncooked"), from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrÄ“waz (“raw"), from Proto-Indo-European *krewa-, *kreuhâ‚‚ (“raw meat, fresh blood"). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw"), Dutch rauw (“raw"), German roh (“raw"), Swedish rÃ¥ (“raw"), Icelandic hrár (“raw"), Latin crÅ«dus (“raw, bloody, uncooked"), Irish cró (“blood"), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood"), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood"). Related also to Old English hrÄ“ow, hrÄ“oh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous"). More at ree.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hrēaw kreuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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