raw

[ raw ]

/ rɔ /

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adjective, raw·er, raw·est.

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.

painfully 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.

noun

a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.

unrefined sugar, oil, etc.

Idioms for raw

in the raw,

in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw.
Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw.

Origin of raw

before 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

SYNONYMS FOR raw

2 unprepared, rough, makeshift.

6 undisciplined, green, unskilled, unpracticed.

9 cold, wet.

10 straight, neat.

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ANTONYMS FOR raw

1 cooked.

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2. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM raw

raw·ish, adjective raw·ish·ness, noun raw·ly, adverb raw·ness, noun

half-raw, adjective sem·i·raw, adjective sem·i·raw·ly, adverb sem·i·raw·ness, noun

Words nearby raw

raving, ravioli, ravish, ravishing, ravishment, raw, raw bar, raw deal, raw fibers, raw material, raw milk

Example sentences from the Web for rawness

But Slutever, with its rawness, honesty, and self-deprecating humor, was something different.

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Now I think that many are beginning to experience the rawness of the trauma, emptiness, and loss.

Newtown’s Pastor, Three Months Later |Joshua DuBois |March 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There was a rawness and impolitic honesty to his shows, many of which could make your heart weep.

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For the first time, she really tasted the rawness, the exhaustion, and the exhilaration of the family business.

Caroline: The Reasons Why |Tina Brown |January 5, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

There was light enough, with the lengthening days, to see plainly the rawness of the world.

The House with the Green Shutters |George Douglas Brown
He adverted to these causes—they were, the rawness of the troops, and the superiority of the Indians as marksmen.

Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) |Thomas Hart Benton
The greyness and rawness of their environment are not touched upon.

Australian Writers |Desmond Byrne
An uncommon chill, a rawness of atmosphere foretold the change.

North of Fifty-Three |Bertrand W. Sinclair
You may speak of its rawness and intemperateness—but it is not yet old and wise enough to be acquiescent.

Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) |Friedrich Nietzsche

British Dictionary definitions for rawness

raw

/ (rɔː) /

adjective

(of food) not cooked raw onion

(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

mainly US coarse, vulgar, or obscene

mainly US recently done; fresh raw paintwork

(of the weather) harshly cold and damp

informal unfair; unjust (esp in the phrase a raw deal)

noun

the raw British informal a sensitive point his criticism touched me on the raw

in the raw

informal without clothes; naked
in a natural or unmodified statelife in the raw

Derived forms of raw

rawish, adjective rawly, adverb rawness, noun

Word Origin for raw

Old English hreaw; related to Old High German hrao, Old Norse hrār raw, Latin cruor thick blood, Greek kreas meat

Medical definitions for rawness

raw

[ rô ]

adj.

Having subcutaneous tissue exposed.

Inflamed; sore.

Idioms and Phrases with rawness

raw

In addition to the idiom beginning with raw

raw deal

also see:

in the altogether (raw)

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