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Meaning of raw

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  raw
      adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
             manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
             "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
             sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: {natural}, {raw(a)},
             {rude(a)}]
      2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
      3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
         {cooked}]
      4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
      5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
         pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
         someday with your raw power" [syn: {naked}, {raw}]
      6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
         friends"; "a raw deal"
      7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
         cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
         {crude}, {raw}]
      8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
      9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: {sensitive},
         {sore}, {raw}, {tender}]
      10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
          Atlantic" [syn: {bleak}, {cutting}, {raw}]
      11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: {raw(a)},
          {unsanded}]
      12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
          fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: {raw}, {new}]
      13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed},
          {bare-ass}, {in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the
          raw}, {raw}, {peeled}, {naked as a jaybird}, {stark naked}]
      n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
           altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {raw},
           {altogether}, {birthday suit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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