raw

[ raw ]
/ rɔ /

adjective, raw·er, raw·est.

noun

a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
unrefined sugar, oil, etc.

Idioms for raw

    in the raw,
    1. in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw.
    2. Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw.

Origin of raw

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hrēaw, hrǣw; cognate with Dutch rauw, German roh; akin to Latin crūdus raw (see crude), cruor blood, Greek kréas raw flesh

synonym study for raw

2. 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 cotton; 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 makeshift or roughly made form: rude agricultural implements; the rude bridge that arched the flood.

OTHER WORDS FROM raw

British Dictionary definitions for in the raw

raw
/ (rɔː) /

adjective

noun

the raw British informal a sensitive point his criticism touched me on the raw
in the raw
  1. informal without clothes; naked
  2. in a natural or unmodified statelife in the raw

Derived forms of raw

rawish, adjective rawly, adverb rawness, noun

Word Origin for raw

Old English hreaw; related to Old High German hrao, Old Norse hrār raw, Latin cruor thick blood, Greek kreas meat

Medical definitions for in the raw

raw
[ rô ]

adj.

Having subcutaneous tissue exposed.
Inflamed; sore.

Idioms and Phrases with in the raw (1 of 2)

in the raw

see in the altogether.

Idioms and Phrases with in the raw (2 of 2)

raw