Dictionary Entry
raw
raw is a 3-letter English word with 29 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 29 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
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.
- 2superlative
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
- 3superlative
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
- 4superlative
Not distilled; as, raw water
- 5superlative
Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton
- 6superlative
Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits
- 7superlative
Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow
- 8superlative
Not tanned; as, raw hides
- 9superlative
Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
- 10superlative
Not covered; bare.
- 11superlative
Bald.
- 12superlative
Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
- 13superlative
Sore, as if by being galled.
- 14superlative
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
- 15noun
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
- 16noun
informal terms for nakedness
"in the raw"
"in the altogether"
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- 17adjective
not processed or subjected to analysis
"raw data"
"the raw cost of production"
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- 18adjective
(used informally) completely unclothed
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- 19adjective
not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
- 20adjective
lacking training or experience
"the new men were eager to fight"
"raw recruits"
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- 21adjective
brutally unfair or harsh
"received raw treatment from his friends"
"a raw deal"
- 22adjective
used of wood and furniture
"raw wood"
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- 23adjective
unpleasantly cold and damp
"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
- 24adjective
having the surface exposed and painful
"a raw wound"
- 25adjective
devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
"naked ambition"
"raw fury"
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- 26adjective
hurting
"the tender spot on his jaw"
- 27adjective
untempered and unrefined
"raw talent"
"raw beauty"
- 28adjective
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
"natural yogurt"
"natural produce"
- 29adjective
not processed or refined
"raw sewage"
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