in the raw
- idiom
- NSFW
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- Everyone was shocked when he appeared in the raw at the party.
Examples
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Artists often use models in the raw to study the human figure.
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He jumped into the lake in the raw, not caring who saw him.
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She prefers to go in the raw at the beach!
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He walked around in the raw during the summer.
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She loves to sunbathe in the raw at her private beach.
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The photographer captured the beauty of nature in the raw for her latest exhibition.
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He didn’t mind being in the raw when swimming in the secluded cove.
Synonyms
89
3.7
Not wearing any clothes
38
1.0
Not covered and showing the surface underneath
7
4.6
Completely without any clothes
6
9.3
Not wearing any clothes
4
3.7
Not wearing any clothes
4
9.6
Not wearing clothes or makeup
2
9.6
Completely without clothes with the bottom showing
2
9.9
Completely without clothes
2
9.0
Not wearing any clothes
2
9.5
Having no clothes on
1
7.5
Not wearing any clothes
A person who has no clothes on
Completely without clothes
Completely without clothes, as when someone is born
Completely without clothes like at birth
Not wearing any clothes
Not wearing any clothes
Not wearing any clothes
A person who is not wearing any clothes
Not covered by clothes and showing skin
Not wearing clothes on a part of the body
Antonyms
How Naked
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'in a natural, unprocessed or unedited state' is directly built from the constituents: 'in' (locative) + 'the' (definite article) + 'raw' (unprocessed/uncooked/uncensored). This compositional pattern (adjective used as a nominal state, e.g. 'raw' = 'raw state') is common cross-linguistically and in English collocations like 'raw footage', so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
In the raw may come from an old use of raw meaning 'bare' or 'not covered'. Imagine a person with no clothes, literally exposed and 'in the raw', so the phrase came to mean 'naked'.