Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna;
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.
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. [Obs.]
Not covered; bare. [Obs.]
And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment.
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
Phrases & Compounds
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.
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.