Definitions for the word "raw" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. superl.
Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. superl.
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. superl.
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. superl.
Not distilled; as, raw water
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. superl.
Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. superl.
Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. superl.
Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. superl.
Not tanned; as, raw hides
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. superl.
Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. superl.
Not covered; bare.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. superl.
Bald.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. superl.
Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. superl.
Sore, as if by being galled.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. superl.
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. adj.
1 uncooked. 2 in the natural state; not processed or manufactured. 3 inexperienced, untrained. 4 a stripped of skin; with the flesh exposed, unhealed. B sensitive to the touch from being so exposed. 5 (of the atmosphere, day, etc.) Cold and damp. 6 crude in artistic quality; lacking finish. 7 (of the edge of cloth) without hem or selvage. in the raw 1 in its natural state without mitigation (life in the raw). 2 naked.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
17. slang
a tender point, or foible; “to touch a man upon the RAW,” is to
irritate one by alluding to, or joking him on, anything on which he is
peculiarly susceptible or “thin-skinned.” Originally stable slang.
“Liver and bacon, kidneys, ten pounds one!
He thinks me RAW. I think I’m rather DONE.”
_Phantom Barber._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
18. slang
uninitiated; a novice.—_Old._ Frequently JOHNNY RAW.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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