<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.</li><li>not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton.</li><li>unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument.</li><li>painfully open, as a sore or wound.</li><li>crude in quality or character; not tempered or refined by art or taste: raw humor.</li><li>ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit.</li><li>brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions.</li><li>brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends.</li><li>disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air: a raw, foggy day at the beach.</li><li>not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey.</li><li>unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.</li><li>unrefined sugar, oil, etc.</li></ul>