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raw

/ɹɔː/

noun

Meaning

  • (sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.

  • A galled place; an inveterate sore.

  • (by extension) A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.

  • A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.

  • A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.

adjective

Meaning

  • (of food) Not cooked.

  • (of materials, products, etc.) Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.

    "raw cane sugar"

  • Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.

    "a raw wound"

  • New or inexperienced.

    "a raw beginner"

  • Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.

    "a raw voice"

  • (of data) Uncorrected, without analysis.

  • (of weather) Unpleasantly cold or damp.

    "a raw wind"

  • (of an emotion, personality, etc.) Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed

    "raw emotion"

  • Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.

    "a raw description of the American political arena"

  • (of language) Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters

  • Not covered; bare; bald.

adverb

Meaning

  • Without a condom.

    "We did it raw."