(Used informally) completely unclothed.
1 We bring in the raw material, and the women knit it up.
2 Some plants rich in cellulose can be eaten in the raw state.
3 The settlers use logs or shiplap and leave them in the raw .
4 Small things showed the ability that was in the raw country lad.
5 Ambrose could feel their unexpressed sneers like goads in the raw flesh.
6 Looking back at it, Keith bared his head in the raw dawn.
7 From that vantage point, he stood guard in the raw gray mist.
8 Like many rough frontiersmen, Swiftwater Pete was a diamond in the raw .
9 He may have the talents, but he is lacking in the raw material.
10 The living room window was propped open to let in the raw air.
11 Textile fibers are presented both in the raw and as articles of manufacture.
12 And so they reminiscenced and drowned their hunger in the raw , sour wine.
13 He was to have a dose of justice in the raw .
14 We were without weapons, without fire, and in the raw beginnings of speech.
15 She wandered about for a time in the raw , brightening air.
16 It's wonderful, the effect money in the raw has on people.
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