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   raw

   /rɔː/

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) not cooked: "raw eggs" Similar uncookedfreshunderdoneOpposite cooked
   • ▪ (of a material or substance) in its natural state; unprocessed: "raw silk" Similar unprocesseduntreatedunrefinedcrudenaturalunmilledunpreparedunfinishedgreenOpposite refinedprocessed
   • ▪ (of data) not analysed, evaluated, or processed for use: "there were a number of errors in the raw data"
   • 2. (of a part of the body) red and painful, especially as the result of skin abrasion: "he scrubbed his hands until they were raw" Similar soreredinflamedpainfulsensitivetenderabradedchafedskinnedopenexposedunhealedbloodytechnical:excoriated
   • ▪ (of a person's nerves) very sensitive: "Fran's nerves were raw"
   • 3. (of an emotion or quality) strong and undisguised: "he exuded an air of raw, vibrant masculinity" Similar strongintensepassionateferventvehementpowerfulviolentacuteundisguisedunconcealedunrestraineduninhibited
   • ▪ frank and realistic in the depiction of unpleasant situations: "a raw, uncompromising portrait" Similar realistictrue to lifeunembellishedunvarnishedgrittynakedbarebrutalharshfrankcandidhonestforthrightstraightforwarddirectbluntoutspokeninformal:warts and allOpposite unrealisticidealized
   • ▪ (of language) coarse or crude, typically in relation to sexual matters: informal US "a campaign against raw lyrics in rock music" Similar unsophisticatedcruderoughunpolishedunrefinedundeveloped
   • 4. (of the weather) cold and damp; bleak: "a raw February night" Similar bleakcoldchillychillingchillfreezingicyicy-coldwintrybitterbitingpiercingpenetratingsharpkeendampwetinformal:nippyparkyBalticOpposite warmbalmy
   • 5. new to an activity or job and therefore lacking experience or skill: "they were replaced by raw recruits" Similar inexperiencednewlacking experienceuntrainedunskilledunpractiseduntrieduntestedunseasoneduntutoredunschooledcallowimmaturegreenignorantnaiveunsophisticatedinformal:wet behind the earsOpposite experiencedskilled
   • 6. (of the edge of a piece of cloth) not having a hem or selvedge: "oversewing is used to neaten raw edges"
   • 7. from a traditional tribal or rural culture: derogatory South African "raw tribesmen found themselves increasingly marginalised"

   Word Origin Old Englishhrēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rauw and German roh, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kreas ‘raw flesh’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rawish adjective
   • 2. rawly adverb
   • 3. rawness noun

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