Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Raw \Raw\, a. [Compar {Rawer}; superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre['a]w;
   akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r,
   Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis
   raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. {Crude}, {Cruel}.]
   1. 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.

   2. 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.                            --De Quincey.

   3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by
      art; unwrought. Specifically:
      (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon.
      (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.
      (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.
      (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.
      (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides.
      (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw
          edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.

   4. Not covered; bare. Specifically:
      (a) Bald. [Obs.] ``With scull all raw.'' --Spencer
      (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
      (c) Sore, as if by being galled.

                And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through
                long imprisonment.                --Spenser.

   5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. ``A raw
      and gusty day.'' --Shak.

   {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 \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.                                   --De Quincey.

Source : WordNet®

raw
     adj 1: (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed
            condition; "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}]
     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}]
     8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
     9: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
        Atlantic" [syn: {bleak}, {cutting}]
     10: inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore
         throat" [syn: {sore}]
     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"; "he was still wet behind the ears
         when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel" [syn: {new},
          {wet behind the ears(p)}]
     13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed}, {bare-ass},
          {in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the raw}, {peeled},
          {naked as a jaybird}, {stark naked}]

raw
     n : informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
         altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {altogether}, {birthday
         suit}]