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- Dictionaryraw/rɔː/
adjective
- 1. (of food) not cooked: "raw eggs" Similar Opposite
- 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
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RAW definition: 1. (of food) not cooked: 2. (of materials) in a natural state, without having been through any…. Learn more.
1. : not cooked. 2. a (1) : being in or nearly in the natural state : not processed or purified. raw fibers. raw sewage. (2) : not diluted or blended. raw spirits. b. : unprepared or imperfectly prepared for use. c. : not being in polished, finished, or processed form. raw data. a raw draft of a thesis. 3. a (1)
Raw materials or substances are in their natural state before being processed or used in manufacturing. We import raw materials and energy and export mainly industrial products. ...two ships carrying raw sugar from Cuba.
When you use the word raw to describe things that aren't edible, it generally means "in a natural, untreated state," like raw silk or raw wood. You might also have raw feelings or raw emotions — these are basic and out in the open.
RAW definition: 1. not cooked: 2. in the natural state: 3. If a part of the body is raw, the skin has come off…. Learn more.
1. a. Uncooked: raw meat. b. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool. c. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood. d. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production. e. Undeveloped or unused: raw land. f. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster. 2.
There are 43 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word raw, 12 of which are labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. adjective. rawest, rawer. Not cooked. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. In its natural condition; not changed by art, dilution, manufacture, aging, etc. Raw wool, raw whiskey. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Not processed, edited, interpreted, etc. Raw data. Webster's New World.
[usually before noun] new to a job or an activity and therefore without experience or skill. a raw beginner. raw recruits (= for example, in the army) weather. very cold. a raw north wind.
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.
