ALL meanings of in the raw
in the raw
I i - adverb in the raw naked 1
- adjective in the raw uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot. 1
- adjective in the raw not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton. 1
- adjective in the raw unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument. 1
- adjective in the raw painfully open, as a sore or wound. 1
- adjective in the raw crude in quality or character; not tempered or refined by art or taste: raw humor. 1
- adjective in the raw ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit. 1
- adjective in the raw brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions. 1
- adjective in the raw brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends. 1
- adjective in the raw disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air: a raw, foggy day at the beach. 1
- adjective in the raw not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey. 1
- adjective in the raw unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data. 1
- noun in the raw a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh. 1
- noun in the raw unrefined sugar, oil, etc. 1
- idioms in the raw in the raw, in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw. Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw. 1
- phrase in the raw You use in the raw to describe something that is in its true state, and has not been made civilized or respectable. 0
- noun in the raw without clothes; naked 0
- noun in the raw in a natural or unmodified state 0
- noun in the raw in the natural state; without cultivation, refinement, etc. 0
- noun in the raw naked; nude 0