in the raw

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Unprocessed, rough.

   • I guaranteed him that in both these synagogues hakafot would provide him with music "in the raw."
2. 2

   In the natural state

   In the natural state; in real life.

   • He was seeing life in the raw, and it was a different life from what he had known within the printed books of his library.
   • In spite of defending indecency, Jacob doubted whether he liked it in the raw.
3. 3

   Naked.

   • Bond looked grimly at the pile of parcels which contained his new identity, stripped off his pyjamas for the last time ('We mostly sleep in the raw in America, Mr Bond') and gave himself a sizzling cold shower.
   • He stood gawking at Cyndee, who was standing in the raw on the shore of the pond his daddy had put in.
   • As he waited for Pamela to return, Richard was standing in the raw before his full-length mirror.

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