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raw
I. \ˈrȯ\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrēaw, hrǣw; akin to Old High German hrō raw, Old Norse hrār raw, Latin cruor blood, crudus raw, Greek kreas flesh, Sanskrit kravis raw flesh
1. : not subjected to heat in the course of preparation as food : not cooked
< lived on raw grains and fruits >
< a raw egg >
< likes his steak nearly raw >
2.
a. : being in or nearly in the natural state : little changed by art or technical processes : unwrought, unprocessed, crude 1
< raw textile fibers >
< raw starch >
< raw linseed oil >
also : not diluted or blended
< raw spirits >
b. : unprepared or imperfectly prepared for use or enjoyment : lacking a normal or usual finish : undressed
< left the edges raw >
< raw wooden shacks >
c. : not presented in polished and finished form : undigested, uncorrected, unedited
< a raw draft of a thesis >
< raw statistics >
d. : lacking the usual guard : unbound
< a shoe with raw eyelets >
< a raw buttonhole >
e. : uncultivated, unimproved
< raw land awaiting the builder >
f. of photographic film : unexposed
3.
a.
(1) : having the skin removed so that the underlying tissues are exposed : severely chafed or galled
< a raw wound >
(2) : sore from or as if from being galled
< a raw irritated throat >
(3) : looking as if galled : rawboned
b. : lacking a natural covering
< a raw eroded slope >
c. : lacking clothing : naked
< liked to swim raw >
4.
a. : lacking in experience or understanding : serving in a new and unfamiliar role : untrained and unskilled and of problematical worth : green
< a civilizing influence for me as for other raw youths — R.M.Lovett >
< raw servant girls >
as
(1) obsolete : unripe, immature
(2) : new to military life
< an army of raw recruits >
b. : lacking in amenities and refinements since newly developed, occupied, or established and elemental, direct, primitive, and unrestrained
< in the West of the raw and exciting days before the coming of the automobile — Seth Agnew >
< creating a new world in a raw continental mass >
c. : starkly new and entirely unmellowed
< endless new buildings, raw and just finished — New Yorker >
d.
(1) : lacking in refinement or graciousness : deficient in savoir faire or elegance : crude 5
(2) slang : coarse, indelicate, vulgar
< a raw remark >
5. : disagreeably damp or cold : chilly and disagreeable : bleak
< a raw wind >
< raw winter days >
6. of a ceramic glaze mixture : having no soluble ingredients and not requiring fritting
Synonyms: see rude
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English rawen, from raw, adjective
: to cause to become raw
III. noun
(-s)
1. : a raw, sore, or galled place : a sensitive spot
2. : someone or something raw, uncultivated, or unprocessed — usually used in plural of commercial products (as sugar or oysters)
< bought 100 tons of raws >
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- in the raw
IV.
chiefly Scotland
variant of row |