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RAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal terms for nakedness
Example:
in his birthday suit
Synonyms:
altogether; birthday suit; raw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("raw" is a kind of...):
nakedness; nudeness; nudity (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not processed or subjected to analysis
Example:
only the crude vital statistics
Synonyms:
crude; raw
Classified under:
Similar:
unanalyzed (not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination)
Derivation:
rawness (the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used informally) completely unclothed
Synonyms:
bare-ass; bare-assed; in the altogether; in the buff; in the raw; naked as a jaybird; peeled; raw; stark naked
Classified under:
Similar:
unclothed (not wearing clothing)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
half-baked; underdone (insufficiently cooked)
rare ((of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside)
uncooked (not cooked)
untoasted (not having been browned by exposure to heat)
Antonym:
cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lacking training or experience
Example:
raw recruits
Synonyms:
new; raw
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inexperienced; inexperient (lacking practical experience or training)
Derivation:
rawness (lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Brutally unfair or harsh
Example:
a raw deal
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unfair; unjust (not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Used of wood and furniture
Example:
raw wood
Synonyms:
raw; unsanded
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unfinished (not brought to the desired final state)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Unpleasantly cold and damp
Example:
bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Derivation:
rawness (a chilly dampness)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Having the surface exposed and painful
Example:
a raw wound
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
injured (harmed)
Derivation:
rawness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
Sense 9
Meaning:
Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
Example:
you may kill someone someday with your raw power
Synonyms:
naked; raw
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
open; overt (open and observable; not secret or hidden)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Hurting
Example:
the tender spot on his jaw
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
painful (causing physical or psychological pain)
Derivation:
rawness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
Sense 11
Meaning:
Untempered and unrefined
Example:
raw beauty
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unpolished (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing)
Sense 12
Meaning:
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Example:
bales of rude cotton
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unprocessed (not altered from an original or natural state)
Sense 13
Meaning:
Not processed or refined
Example:
raw sewage
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
untreated (not subjected to chemical or physical treatment)
Context examples:
Words used to describe sensitive skin include 'like sunburned skin,' and 'raw skin.'
(NPS - Tell Us How Sensitive Your Skin is to Light Touch or Clothing, NCI Thesaurus)
The process of generating an image from the raw data, or set of unprocessed measurements, made by an imaging system.
(Optical Image Reconstruction, NCI Thesaurus)
Raw and chill was the winter morning: my teeth chattered as I hastened down the drive.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
How now, coz, have I touched thee on the raw?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Humans are infected from ingestion of raw or undercooked food.
(Paragonimiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
But you’ll observe that it is the raw young bloods who are giving the odds, and the Sheenies who are taking them.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She would save this raw young man who had come so far.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This has caught the attention of industries that require large amounts of raw materials, including biofuels.
(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)
The treated material is also ideal for food packaging, where it could stop the accidental transfer of bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella and listeria from raw chicken, meat and other foods.
(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Biomass is produced from microalgae which is used to extract the oil, which then serves as the raw material.
(Petrobras considers producing biodiesel from microalgae, Agência Brasil)
