raw
pronunciation
How to pronounce raw in British English:
UK [rɔː]
How to pronounce raw in American English:
US [rɔː]
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- Noun:
- informal terms for nakedness
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- Adjective:
- (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition
- having the surface exposed and painful
- not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
- not processed or refined
- devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
- brutally unfair or harsh
- not processed or subjected to analysis
- untempered and unrefined
- unpleasantly cold and damp
- inflamed and painful
- used of wood and furniture
- lacking training or experience
- (used informally) completely unclothed
Word Origin
- raw
- raw: [OE] Raw has relatives in German (roh), Dutch (rauw), Swedish (rå), and Danish (ra). These all go back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *khrawaz, whose ultimate source was Indo-European *krowos (other descendants of the same base include Greek kréas ‘flesh’, from which English gets creosote and pancreas, and Latin crūdus ‘raw’, source of English crude and cruel).=> creosote, crude, cruel, pancreas
- raw (adj.)
- Old English hreaw "uncooked, raw," from Proto-Germanic *khrawaz (cognates: Old Norse hrar, Danish raa, Old Saxon hra, Middle Dutch rau, Dutch rauw, Old High German hrawer, German roh), from PIE root *kreue- (1) "raw flesh" (cognates: Sanskrit kravih "raw flesh," krura- "bloody, raw, hard;" Greek kreas "flesh;" Latin crudus "not cooked," cruor "thick blood;" Old Irish cru, Lithuanian kraujas, Old Church Slavonic kruvi "blood;" Old English hrot "thick fluid, serum"). Meaning "tender, sore" is from late 14c.; of persons, "inexperienced" from 1560s; of weather, "damp and chilly" first recorded 1540s. Related: Rawly; rawness. Raw material is from 1796, with sense of "in a rudimental condition, unfinished." Phrase in the raw "naked" (1921) is from the raw "exposed flesh," attested from 1823. Raw deal "harsh treatment" attested by 1893.
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Example
- 1. And working with raw waste water also presents challenges .
- 2. I also absolutely love going to raw restaurants .
- 3. This explains the raw , mesmerising appeal of his work .
- 4. Pre-agricultural man confined to raw food would have starved .
- 5. China mengniu dairy has said that it will expand raw milk production in the country and increase investment on this .