"in the raw" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of \"in the raw state.\"",
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      "expansion": "in the raw (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 37",
          "text": "I guaranteed him that in both these synagogues hakafot would provide him with music \"in the raw.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unprocessed, rough"
      ],
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        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
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      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "56 26 18",
          "word": "in the pink"
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        {
          "text": "1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche,\nHe 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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the natural state; in real life."
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        [
          "real life",
          "real life"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In the natural state; in real life."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians, page 39",
          "text": "He stood gawking at Cyndee, who was standing in the raw on the shore of the pond his daddy had put in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Mark J. Okrant, A Last Resort, page 90",
          "text": "As he waited for Pamela to return, Richard was standing in the raw before his full-length mirror.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, J. L. O'Faolain, The Thirteenth Child, page 88",
          "text": "James brought his hand away and immediately jumped at the sight of Cole standing in the raw, calmly passing the bag back to the inspector. “I thought you said it was safe to look,” he accused.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Naked."
      ],
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          "naked"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) Naked."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "naked",
          "word": "in the altogether"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in the raw"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of \"in the raw state.\"",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "in the pink"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 37",
          "text": "I guaranteed him that in both these synagogues hakafot would provide him with music \"in the raw.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unprocessed, rough"
      ],
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          "Unprocessed",
          "unprocessed"
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        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche,\nHe 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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the natural state; in real life."
      ],
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        [
          "real life",
          "real life"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In the natural state; in real life."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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        "English idioms",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians, page 39",
          "text": "He stood gawking at Cyndee, who was standing in the raw on the shore of the pond his daddy had put in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Mark J. Okrant, A Last Resort, page 90",
          "text": "As he waited for Pamela to return, Richard was standing in the raw before his full-length mirror.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, J. L. O'Faolain, The Thirteenth Child, page 88",
          "text": "James brought his hand away and immediately jumped at the sight of Cole standing in the raw, calmly passing the bag back to the inspector. “I thought you said it was safe to look,” he accused.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Naked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Naked",
          "naked"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) Naked."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "naked",
      "word": "in the altogether"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in the raw"
}