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raw

[raw]

adjective, -er, -est, noun

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–adjective

1.	uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.

2.	not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton.

3.	unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument.

4.	painfully open, as a sore or wound.

5.	crude in quality or character; not tempered or refined by art or taste: raw humor.

6.	ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit.

7.	brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions.

8.	brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends.

9.	disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air: a raw, foggy day at the beach.

10.	not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey.

11.	unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data.

–noun

12.	a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.

13.	unrefined sugar, oil, etc.

—Idiom

14.

in the raw,

a.	in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw.

b.	Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE hrēaw, hrǣw; c. D rauw, G roh; akin to L crūdus raw (see crude ), cruor blood, Gk kréas raw flesh

Related forms:

rawish, adjective

raw⋅ish⋅ness, noun

rawly, adverb

rawness, noun

Synonyms:
2. unprepared, rough, makeshift. Raw, crude, rude refer to something not in a finished or highly refined state. Raw applies particularly to material not yet changed by a process, by manufacture, or by preparation for consumption: raw cotton; raw leather. Crude refers to that which still needs refining: crude petroleum. Rude refers to what is still in a condition of rough simplicity or in a makeshift or roughly made form: rude agricultural implements; the rude bridge that arched the flood. 6. undisciplined, green, unskilled, unpracticed. 9. cold, wet. 10. straight, neat.

Antonyms:
1. cooked.

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raw (rô)

adj. raw·er, raw·est

Uncooked: raw meat.
1. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool. See Synonyms at crude.
2. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood. See Synonyms at rude.
3. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production.
Untrained and inexperienced: raw recruits.
Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster.
Having subcutaneous tissue exposed: a raw wound.
Inflamed; sore: a raw throat.
Unpleasantly damp and chilly: raw weather.
Cruel and unfair: a raw punishment.
Outspoken; crude: a raw portrayal of truth.
Powerfully impressive; stark: raw beauty; raw talent.
Nude; naked.

[Middle English, from Old English hrēaw; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.]
raw'ly adv., raw'ness n.

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Raw

Raw\, a. [Compar Rawer; superl. Rawest.] [AS. hre['a]w; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. Crude, Cruel.]

1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.

2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.

Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. --De Quincey.

3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically: (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon. (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton. (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits. (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow. (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides. (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.

4. Not covered; bare. Specifically: (a) Bald. [Obs.] "With scull all raw." --Spencer (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore. (c) Sore, as if by being galled.

And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment. --Spenser.

5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. "A raw and gusty day." --Shak.

Raw material, material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry.

Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.

Raw

Raw\, n. A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.

Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. --De Quincey.

Language Translation for : raw

Spanish: crudo,

German: roh,

Japanese: 生の

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raw

O.E. hreaw "uncooked, raw," from P.Gmc. *khrawaz (cf. O.N. hrar, M.Du. rau, O.H.G. hrawer, Ger. roh), from PIE base *krowos "congealed, bloody" (cf. Skt. kravih "raw flesh," krura- "bloody, raw, hard;" Gk. kreas "flesh;" L. crudus "not cooked," cruor "thick blood;" O.Ir. cru, Lith. kraujas, O.C.S. kruvi "blood;" O.E. hrot "thick fluid, serum"). Meaning "tender, sore" is from c.1390; of persons, "inexperienced" from 1561; "damp and chilly" first recorded 1546. Rawhide is first attested 1658; raw material is from 1796. Phrase in the raw "naked" (1933) is from the raw "exposed flesh," attested from 1823. Raw deal "harsh treatment" first attested 1912.

raw (rô)
adj. raw·er, raw·est

Having subcutaneous tissue exposed.
Inflamed; sore.

raw

In addition to the idiom beginning with raw, also see in the altogether (raw).

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