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adjective
- 1. (of food) uncooked: "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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(of materials) in a natural state, without having been through any chemical or industrial process: Oil is an important raw material that can be processed into many different products, including plastics. They claimed that raw sewage was being pumped into the sea. Raw information has been collected but has not yet been studied in detail:
The meaning of RAW is not cooked. How to use raw in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Raw.
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, 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.
If you describe something as raw, you mean that it is simple, powerful, and real. ...the raw power of instinct. ...the raw vitality of his earlier painting. Synonyms: simple, natural, clean, classic More Synonyms of raw. rawness uncountable noun. Recorded almost live, there's a certain seductive rawness about the whole thing.
[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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Food, Material & textiles, Illness & disability, Training, Nature raw1 /rɔː $ rɒː/ W3 adjective 1 food not cooked raw meat grated raw carrots Cabbage can be eaten raw. 2 substances raw substances are in a natural state and not treated or prepared for use → refined raw silk In it...
