Definition of "raw" in English

adjective

1. (cooking) (of food) Not cooked.

   • There's nothing but raw fish in the freezer.
   • He ate raw beef for dinner.

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

   • raw cane sugar
   • raw sewage

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

   • a raw wound

4. New or inexperienced.

   • a raw beginner

5. Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.

   • a raw voice

6. (statistics, of data) Uncorrected, without analysis.

   • What makes Mexico worrying is not just the raw numbers but the power of the cartels over society.

7. Unpleasantly cold or damp. (of weather)

   • a raw wind

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

   • raw emotion

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

   • a raw description of the American political arena

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

11. (slang, sex) Without a condom.

12. (obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.

adverb

1. (slang, sex) Without a condom.

   • We did it raw.

noun

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

2. A galled place; an inveterate sore.

3. (by extension, figurative) A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.

4. (anime fandom slang) A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.

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

verb

1. (slang, transitive) To sexually penetrate without a condom.