Raw | Mean of raw in English Dictionary

/ˈrɑː/

• not cooked
1. raw meat/vegetables
2. You can eat carrots raw. = You can eat raw carrots.
• in a natural state
1. raw silk/steel
2. raw sewage
3. Fold the raw [=unfinished] edge of the fabric under.
• not yet organized or changed in any way
1. He entered the raw data into a spreadsheet.

• very sore
1. hands raw from windburn
2. The shoes rubbed my heels raw.
3. His throat was raw from the cold air.
4. The article touched/struck/hit a raw nerve. [=the article hurt or upset the people who read it]
• powerful and not controlled
1. I was impressed by the raw energy of his performance.
2. The town was destroyed by the raw power of the tornado.
3. raw emotion/anger
• having no experience or training
1. raw [=green] recruits/soldiers
2. The team has a lot of raw talent. [=the team has a lot of talented but inexperienced players]
• wet and cold
1. a raw winter day
• rude or offensive
1. raw language
• Noun
• in a natural or unfinished state
1. The sculpture is still in the raw.
2. a firsthand look at poverty in the raw
• not wearing clothes
1. He sleeps in the raw. [=in the nude]