Raw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Raw	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Raw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raw adj (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" Synonym(s): natural, raw(a), rude(a) having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound" not treated with heat to prepare it for eating Antonym(s): cooked not processed or refined; "raw sewage" devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" Synonym(s): naked, raw brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" Synonym(s): crude, raw untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" Synonym(s): sensitive, sore, raw, tender unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" Synonym(s): bleak, cutting, raw used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" Synonym(s): raw(a), unsanded lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" Synonym(s): raw, new (used informally) completely unclothed Synonym(s): bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked n informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" Synonym(s): raw, altogether, birthday suit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raw \Raw\, a. [Compar {Rawer}; superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre[a0]w; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[omac], Icel. hr[be]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[86], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. {Crude}, {Cruel}.] 1. 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. 2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit. Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. --De Quincey. 3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically: (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon. (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton. (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits. (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow. (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides. (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth. 4. Not covered; bare. Specifically: (a) Bald. [Obs.] [bd]With scull all raw.[b8] --Spencer (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore. (c) Sore, as if by being galled. And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment. --Spenser. 5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. [bd]A raw and gusty day.[b8] --Shak. {Raw material}, material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry. {Raw pig}, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raw \Raw\, n. A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw. Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. --De Quincey.