Definition of raw

"raw" in the noun sense

1. raw, altogether, birthday suit

informal terms for nakedness

"in the raw"

"in the altogether"

"in his birthday suit"

"raw" in the adjective sense

1. natural, raw, rude

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"

2. raw

having the surface exposed and painful

"a raw wound"

3. raw

not treated with heat to prepare it for eating

4. raw

not processed or refined

"raw sewage"

5. naked, raw

devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment bare and pure

"naked ambition"

"raw fury"

"you may kill someone someday with your raw power"

6. raw

brutally unfair or harsh

"received raw treatment from his friends"

"a raw deal"

7. crude, raw

not processed or subjected to analysis

"raw data"

"the raw cost of production"

"only the crude vital statistics"

8. raw

untempered and unrefined

"raw talent"

"raw beauty"

9. sensitive, sore, raw, tender

hurting

"the tender spot on his jaw"

10. bleak, cutting, raw

unpleasantly cold and damp

"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

11. raw, unsanded

used of wood and furniture

"raw wood"

12. raw, new

lacking training or experience

"the new men were eager to fight"

"raw recruits"

13. bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked

used informally) completely unclothed

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Quotations for raw

Raw leather will stretch. [ Proverb ]

Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. [ Tennyson ]

Hunger makes raw beans relish well. [ Proverb ]

Tomorrow yet would reap today.
As we bear blossoms of the dead;
Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed
Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. [ Tennyson ]

Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed
Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty. [ A. Karr ]

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement seasons. [ Swift ]

Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force, and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.
The world is God's workshop; the raw materials are His; the ideals and patterns are His; our hands are "the members of Christ," our reward His recognition. Blacksmith or banker, draughtsman or doctor, painter or preacher, servant or statesman, must work as unto the Lord, not merely making a living, but devoting a life. This makes life sacramental, turning its water into wine. This is twice blessed, blessing both the worker and the work. [ Maltbie Babcock ]

I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. You don't have to tell me, I said. I'm off the team, aren't I? Well, said Coach, you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times. It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

raw in Scrabble®

The word raw is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters raw:

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raw in Words With Friends™

The word raw is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters raw:

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The 39 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In raw

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Words containing the sequence raw

Words that start with raw (8 words)

Words with raw in them (247 words)

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Word Growth involving raw

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Longer words containing raw

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draw drawable withdrawable

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draw drawbar drawbars

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faraway

hyperaware hyperawareness

overawe overawed

overawe overawes

overawful

overawing

prawn prawned

prawn prawner prawners

prawn prawning

prawn prawns

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rawinsonde rawinsondes

rawness

raws craws

raws draws drawstring drawstrings

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straw strawberry strawberryflavored

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terawatt terawatts

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trawl strawlike

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trawl trawler trawlers

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ultrawealthy

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