raw /ɹɔː/adjective 13noun 6adverb 1verb 1forms 5phrases 2 adjective13 •(of food) not cookedThere's nothing but raw fish in the freezer.He ate raw beef for dinner. •Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.) •Uncorrected, without analysis.What makes Mexico worrying is not just the raw numbers but the power of the cartels over society. — 2010 •Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed. (of an emotion, personality, etc.) •Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc. •Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.a raw wound •New or inexperienced. •Unpleasantly cold or damp. (of weather)[…] I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, […] — 1847 •Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. •(slang) Without a condom. •Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters. (of language) •Subsisting on, or pertaining to, a diet of raw food.I was 100% raw from 2014 until early 2018. •(no longer used) Not covered; bare; bald. noun6 •A galled place; an inveterate sore. •(figurative) A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.In a moment Tom was angry. The women saw that Bill had touched him upon the raw, and they went out of the room to prepare a meal. — 1934 •(slang) A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed. •(slang) A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated. •An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.Early in the year the raws were melted to about 20 Brix in order to facilitate filtration. — 1921 •(slang) Unadulterated narcotics, especially crack cocaineThe year is '94, in my trunk is raw — 2004 adverb1 •(slang) Without a condom.We did it raw. verb1 •(slang) To sexually penetrate without a condom. formsrawed · rawing · raws · rawer · rawest Phrases with raw in the rawUnprocessed, rough. raw dealA situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives either nothing or much less than was expected.
RAW noun 2phrases 2 noun2 •Abbreviation of rules as written: the actual rules appearing in the rulebook, as opposed to house rules, or to rules that might have been intended (in the event of a mistake in the rulebook). •Initialism of read after write, a kind of data hazard. Phrases with RAW in the rawUnprocessed, rough. raw dealA situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives either nothing or much less than was expected.