Raw materials or substances are in their natural state before being processed or used in manufacturing.

Raw food is food that is eaten uncooked, that has not yet been cooked, or that has not been cooked enough.

If a part of your body is raw, it is red and painful, perhaps because the skin has come off or has been burnt.

Raw emotions are strong basic feelings or responses which are not weakened by other influences.

If you describe something as raw, you mean that it is simple, powerful, and real.

Raw data is facts or information that has not yet been sorted, analysed, or prepared for use.

If you describe someone in a new job as raw, or as a raw recruit, you mean that they lack experience in that job.

Raw weather feels unpleasantly cold.

Raw sewage is sewage that has not been treated to make it cleaner.

If you say that you are getting a raw deal, you mean that you are being treated unfairly.

You use in the raw to describe something that is in its true state, and has not been made civilized or respectable.