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 natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw.
- Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw.
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
SYNONYMS FOR raw
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
Words nearby raw
raving,
ravioli,
ravish,
ravishing,
ravishment,
raw,
raw bar,
raw deal,
raw fibers,
raw material,
raw milk
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
- informal without clothes; naked
- in a natural or unmodified statelife in the raw
Derived forms of raw
rawish, adjective rawly, adverb rawness, nounWord 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