raw (rô)adj. raw·er, raw·est 1. a. Uncooked: raw meat.b. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool.c. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood.d. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production.e. Undeveloped or unused: raw land.f. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster.2. Inexperienced or untrained: a raw youth; raw recruits.3. a. Having subcutaneous tissue exposed: a raw wound.b. Inflamed; sore: a raw throat.4. Unpleasantly damp and chilly: raw weather.5. a. Powerfully impressive; stark: raw beauty; raw talent.b. Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail: the film’s raw depiction of urban poverty.c. Crude, vulgar, or coarse: raw language.6. Nude; naked: was standing there raw.7. a. Engaged in without the protection of a condom.b. Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.adv. Slang Without a condom; unprotected.Idioms: in the raw1. In a crude or unrefined state: nature in the raw.2. Nude; naked. raw deal An instance of unfair treatment: got a raw deal from our insurance company.[Middle English rau, from Old English hr?aw; see kreu?- in Indo-European roots.]raw?ly adv.raw?ness n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.raw (r??) adj1. (Cookery) (of food) not cooked: raw onion. 2. (prenominal) in an unfinished, natural, or unrefined state; not treated by manufacturing or other processes: raw materials for making steel; raw brick. 3. (Clothing & Fashion) (of an edge of material) unhemmed; liable to fray4. (Pathology) (of the skin, a wound, etc) having the surface exposed or abraded, esp painfully5. ignorant, inexperienced, or immature: a raw recruit. 6. (prenominal) not selected or modified: raw statistics. 7. frank or realistic: a raw picture of the breakdown of a marriage. 8. (Brewing) (of spirits) undiluted9. chiefly US coarse, vulgar, or obscene10. chiefly US recently done; fresh: raw paintwork. 11. (Physical Geography) (of the weather) harshly cold and damp12. informal unfair; unjust (esp in the phrase a raw deal)n13. the raw informal Brit a sensitive point: his criticism touched me on the raw. 14. in the raw a. informal without clothes; nakedb. in a natural or unmodified state: life in the raw. [Old English hreaw; related to Old High German hrao, Old Norse hr?r raw, Latin cruor thick blood, Greek kreas meat] ?rawish adj ?rawly adv ?rawness nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014raw (r?) adj. -er, -est, n. adj. 1. uncooked: a raw carrot. 2. not processed, finished, or refined: raw cotton. 3. not pasteurized: raw milk. 4. unnaturally or painfully exposed: raw flesh. 5. indelicate; crude: raw jokes. 6. inexperienced; untrained: a raw recruit. 7. frank; unvarnished: a raw portrayal of human passions. 8. brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal. 9. damp and chilly: a raw day. 10. (of whiskey, rum, etc.) unaged or of undiluted strength. 11. unprocessed; not yet evaluated: raw data. n. 12. a raw condition or substance. Idioms: in the raw, a. in the natural, uncultivated state: nature in the raw. b. nude; naked. [before 1000; Old English hr?aw, hr?w] raw?ly, adv. raw?ness, n. syn: raw, crude, rude refer to something not in a finished or highly refined state. raw applies particularly to material not yet changed by a process, by manufacture, or by preparation for consumption: raw leather. crude refers to that which still needs refining: crude petroleum. rude refers to what is still in a condition of rough simplicity or in a roughly made form: rude farm implements. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.