prep_phrase
Meaning 1
Unprocessed, rough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: in the rough
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
in the raw
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Pronunciation
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prep_phrase
Meaning 2
In the natural state; in real life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- 1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche, He read there in the raw what is perhaps the most amazing page in the history of human development, and in the end he was forced to the conclusion that all his early preconceptions had been at fault, and that it was such exalted, passionate enthusiasts as Vilmorin who had been right.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep_phrase
Meaning 3
Naked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: in the altogether, in the buff, in the nude, in the pink
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(used informally) completely unclothed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Ellipsis of in the raw state.