Raw
Raw (ra) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon hreáw; akin to Dutch raauw, LG. rau, German roh, Old High German rō, Icelandic hrār, Danish raa, Swedish rå, Latin crudus, Greek kre`as flesh, Sanskrit kravis raw flesh. r18. Compare Crude, Cruel.]
1.
Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna;
not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
2.
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude.
3.
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
(a)
Not distilled; as, raw water.
(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. [Obsolete] — Bacon
4.
Not covered; bare.
(a)
Bald.
(b)
Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
(c)
Sore, as if by being galled. [Obsolete]
With skull all raw.
And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment.
5.
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
A raw and gusty day.
Collocations (2)
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.
Raw , noun
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw.