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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024raw /rɔ/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n. adj. - uncooked:a raw carrot.
- not processed, finished, treated, or refined:[before a noun]raw cotton.
- Food not pasteurized:[before a noun]raw milk.
- unnaturally or painfully open or exposed:raw wounds.
- vulgar;
crude:raw jokes. - inexperienced;
untrained:a raw recruit. - brutal:[before a noun]a show of raw power.
- harsh or unfair:We got a raw deal when we were fired.
- cold and wet:a raw day.
Idioms- Idioms in the raw:
- Idiomsin the natural state:nature in the raw.
- Idiomsnude;
naked:sleeping in the raw.
raw•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024raw (rô),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n. adj. - uncooked, as articles of food:a raw carrot.
- not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture:raw cotton.
- unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument.
- Pathologypainfully open, as a sore or wound.
- crude in quality or character;
not tempered or refined by art or taste:raw humor. - ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained:a raw recruit.
- brutally or grossly frank:a raw portrayal of human passions.
- brutally harsh or unfair:a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends.
- disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air:a raw, foggy day at the beach.
- not diluted, as alcoholic spirits:raw whiskey.
- unprocessed or unevaluated:raw data.
n. - Pathologya sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- unrefined sugar, oil, etc.
- in the raw:
- in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state:nature in the raw.
- Informal Termsin the nude;
naked:sunbathing in the raw.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English hrēaw, hrǣw; cognate with Dutch rauw, German roh; akin to Latin crūdus raw (see crude), cruor blood, Greek kréas raw flesh
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.See corresponding entry in Unabridged undisciplined, green, unskilled, unpracticed.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cold, wet.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged straight, neat.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cooked.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: raw /rɔː/ adj - (of food) not cooked
- (prenominal) in an unfinished, natural, or unrefined state; not treated by manufacturing or other processes: raw materials for making steel, raw brick
- (of an edge of material) unhemmed; liable to fray
- (of the skin, a wound, etc) having the surface exposed or abraded, esp painfully
- ignorant, inexperienced, or immature: a raw recruit
- (prenominal) not selected or modified: raw statistics
- frank or realistic: a raw picture of the breakdown of a marriage
- (of spirits) undiluted
- chiefly US coarse, vulgar, or obscene
- (of the weather) harshly cold and damp
- informal unfair; unjust (esp in the phrase a raw deal)
n - the raw ⇒ Brit informal a sensitive point: his criticism touched me on the raw
- in the raw ⇒ informal without clothes; naked
- in a natural or unmodified state
Etymology: Old English hreaw; related to Old High German hrao, Old Norse hrār raw, Latin cruor thick blood, Greek kreas meatˈrawish adj ˈrawly adv ˈrawness n |