raw

raw
1 adjective
1 FOOD not cooked: raw meat | raw carrot
2 INFORMATION raw data/statistics etc information that has not been arranged, checked, or prepared for use
3 SKIN a part of your body that is raw is red and sore: My hands were raw with cold.
4 MATERIALS raw cotton, sugar, wool etc are in their natural state and have not yet been prepared for use
—see also: raw materials
5 NOT EXPERIENCED not experienced or not yet fully trained: Most of our soldiers were raw recruits.
6 touch/hit a raw nerve to upset someone by something you say: In mentioning his departure I knew I had touched a raw nerve.
7 get a raw deal to be unfairly treated: Women tend to get a raw deal when it comes to pay.
8 WEATHER very cold and wet: A raw wind chilled him to the bone.
9 EMOTIONS/QUALITIES raw emotions or qualities are strong and natural, but not completely developed or controlled: Katie was surprised by her own raw courage and endurance. | the singer's raw, husky voice
10 LANGUAGE AmE informal containing a lot of sexual details
11 DESCRIPTIONS giving the unpleasant facts, without trying to make them seem more acceptable: a raw account of poverty in the cities
— rawness noun (U) 2 noun
1 life/nature in the raw the way humans or animals live in their natural state including all the violence and cruelty: Her films portray nature in the raw.
2 in the raw AmE informal not wearing any clothes: She sunbathes in the raw.
3 catch/touch sb on the raw BrE to say or do something that upsets someone

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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