Raw - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |rɔː|  American pronunciation of the word raw
Brit.  |rɔː|  British pronunciation of the word raw

noun

- informal terms for nakedness (syn: altogether)
in the raw

adjective

- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes (syn: natural, rude)
raw wool
raw sugar
- having the surface exposed and painful
a raw wound
- not processed or refined
raw sewage
- devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure (syn: naked)
raw fury
you may kill someone someday with your raw power
- brutally unfair or harsh
received raw treatment from his friends
a raw deal
- not processed or subjected to analysis (syn: crude)
raw data
the raw cost of production
- untempered and unrefined
raw talent
raw beauty
- hurting (syn: sensitive, sore, tender)
- unpleasantly cold and damp (syn: bleak, cutting)
- used of wood and furniture
raw wood
- lacking training or experience (syn: new)
raw recruits
- (used informally) completely unclothed

Extra examples

He entered the raw data into a spreadsheet.

The shoes rubbed my heels raw.

His throat was raw from the cold air.

...a secluded swimming hole where we could swim in the raw...

He drank it raw.

Cabbage can be eaten raw.

In its raw state, cocoa is very bitter.

Raw sewage had been dumped in the river.

The cost of our raw materials has risen significantly.

His time here provided the raw material for his novel.

Warhol used everyday items as the raw ingredients of his art.

Linda didn't want to see Roy while her emotions were still raw.

It took raw courage to admit she was wrong.

The skin on my feet was rubbed raw.

Most of our soldiers are raw recruits.

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