adjective

1. not cooked
2. in its natural condition; not changed by art, dilution, manufacture, aging, etc. raw wool, raw whiskey
3. not processed, edited, interpreted, etc. raw data
4. not yet processed, cleaned, etc. as by chemical treatment; untreated raw sewage
5. inexperienced; not yet developed or trained a raw recruit
6. with the skin rubbed or torn off; sore and inflamed a raw cut
7. uncomfortably cold and damp; bleak a raw wind
8. ☆
   1. brutal or coarse in frankness
   2. indecent; bawdy
9. Informal harsh or unfair a raw deal

Etymology: ME rawe < OE hreaw, akin to Ger roh < IE base *kreu-, clotted blood, bloody flesh > L crusta, lit., congealed blood: see crude, cruel

noun