raw (rɔː
)
Definitions
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
- See the raw
- See in the raw
Alternative Forms
ˈrawish adjective ˈrawly adverb ˈrawness nounWord Origin
Old English hreaw ; related to Old High German hrao , Old Norse hrār raw, Latin cruor thick blood, Greek kreas meatSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
unrefined,
natural,
crude,
unprocessed,
basic,
rough,
organic,
coarse,
unfinished,
untreated,
unripe,
=
inexperienced,
new,
green,
ignorant,
immature,
unskilled,
callow,
untrained,
untried,
undisciplined,
unseasoned,
unpractised,
=
chilly,
biting,
cold,
freezing,
bitter,
wet,
chill,
harsh,
piercing,
damp,
unpleasant,
bleak,
parky,
=
unprepared,
Translations
- British English:
raw
A raw substance is in its natural state before being processed.The ships were carrying raw sugar from Cuba.rɔː ADJECTIVE The ships were carrying raw sugar from Cuba.
- Spanish:
crudo
adj cruda
- French:
cru
adj
- German:
roh
adj
- Chinese: 未加工的 adj
- Arabic: خام adj
- Portuguese: cru adj crua
- Russian: сырой adj сырая
- Croatian: sirov adj sirova
- Czech: syrový adj
- Danish: rå adj
- Dutch: rauw adj
- Finnish: raaka adj
- Greek: ωμός adj ωμή
- Italian: crudo adj cruda
- Japanese: 生の no_posp
- Korean: 날것의 adj
- Norwegian: rå adj
- Polish: surowy adj surowa
- Brazilian Portuguese: cru adj crua
- European Spanish:
crudo
adj cruda
- Swedish: rå adj rått
- Thai: ดิบ adj
- Turkish: çiğ adj
- Vietnamese: sống adj
Usage examples
Chavasse was tired and his throat was raw from too many cigarettes.
, THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)The raw readout is a complex mixture of different brain waves.
New Scientist (2004)In raw economic terms, therefore, the benefit is tiny: around E1 million a year.
Irish Times (2002)They provide processing capacity which extracts the best out of raw gas supplies.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Feel the rhythm of your heartbeat, the blood coursing through your veins, the raw energy of the source.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)