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raw (rô)

adj. raw·er, raw·est

1. Uncooked: raw meat.

a. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool. See Synonyms at crude.

b. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood. See Synonyms at rude.

c. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production.

3. Untrained and inexperienced: raw recruits.

4. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster.

5. Having subcutaneous tissue exposed: a raw wound.

6. Inflamed; sore: a raw throat.

7. Unpleasantly damp and chilly: raw weather.

8. Cruel and unfair: a raw punishment.

9. Outspoken; crude: a raw portrayal of truth.

10. Powerfully impressive; stark: raw beauty; raw talent.

11. Nude; naked.

Idiom:

in the raw

1. In a crude or unrefined state: nature in the raw.

2. Nude; naked.

[Middle English, from Old English hraw; see kreu- in Indo-European roots.]

rawly adv.

rawness n.

raw [rɔː]

adj

1. (Cookery) (of food) not cooked raw onion

2. (prenominal) in an unfinished, natural, or unrefined state; not treated by manufacturing or other processes raw materials for making steel raw brick

3. (Medicine / Pathology) (of the skin, a wound, etc.) having the surface exposed or abraded, esp painfully

4. ignorant, inexperienced, or immature a raw recruit

5. (prenominal) not selected or modified raw statistics

6. frank or realistic a raw picture of the breakdown of a marriage

7. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (of spirits) undiluted

8. Chiefly US coarse, vulgar, or obscene

9. Chiefly US recently done; fresh raw paintwork

10. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of the weather) harshly cold and damp

11. Informal unfair; unjust (esp in the phrase a raw deal)

the raw Brit informal a sensitive point his criticism touched me on the raw

in the raw

a. Informal without clothes; naked

b. in a natural or unmodified state life in the raw

[Old English hreaw; related to Old High German hrao, Old Norse hrār raw, Latin cruor thick blood, Greek kreas meat]

rawish adj

rawly adv

rawness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	raw - informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" altogether, birthday suit nakedness, nudeness, nudity - the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
Adj.	1.	raw - (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" rude, natural unprocessed - not altered from an original or natural state; "unprocessed commodities"
	2.	raw - having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound" injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"
	3.	raw - not treated with heat to prepare it for eating cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
	4.	raw - not processed or refined; "raw sewage" untreated - not subjected to chemical or physical treatment; "an untreated fabric"
	5.	raw - devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" naked overt, open - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
	6.	raw - brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" unfair, unjust - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"
	7.	raw - not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" crude unanalyzed - not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination; "an unanalyzed compound"; "unanalyzed data"
	8.	raw - untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes"
	9.	raw - hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" sore, tender, sensitive painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
	10.	raw - unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" cutting, bleak cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
	11.	raw - used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" unsanded unfinished - not brought to the desired final state
	12.	raw - lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" new inexperienced, inexperient - lacking practical experience or training
	13.	raw - (used informally) completely unclothed bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, stark naked colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech unclothed - not wearing clothing

raw

adjective

1. unrefined, natural, crude, unprocessed, basic, rough, organic, coarse, unfinished, untreated, unripe two ships carrying raw sugar
unrefined finished, prepared, refined

2. uncooked, natural, fresh, bloody (of meat), undressed, unprepared a popular dish made of raw fish
uncooked done, cooked, baked

3. sore, open, skinned, sensitive, tender, scratched, grazed, chafed, abraded the drag of the rope against the raw flesh of my shoulder

4. frank, plain, bare, naked, realistic, brutal, blunt, candid, unvarnished, unembellished the raw passions of nationalism
frank gilded, embellished

5. simple, natural, clean, classic, severe, plain, uncluttered, unadorned, unfussy, unembellished the raw vitality of his earlier paintings

6. inexperienced, new, green, ignorant, immature, unskilled, callow, untrained, untried, undisciplined, unseasoned, unpractised He is still raw but his potential shows.
inexperienced trained, experienced, professional, skilled, practised

7. chilly, biting, cold, freezing, bitter, wet, chill, harsh, piercing, damp, unpleasant, bleak, parky (Brit. informal) a raw December morning

8. untreated, crude, unprocessed, in its natural state contamination of bathing water by raw sewage

in the raw in its natural state, untouched by human hand, as God intended This is nature in the raw.

Translations

raw [rɔː]

A. ADJ

1. (= uncooked) [meat, vegetable, egg] → crudo

2. (= unprocessed) [sugar] → sin refinar; [spirit] → puro; [silk] → crudo, salvaje; [cotton] → en rama, sin refinar; [ore] → bruto; [rubber] → sin tratar, puro; [sewage] → sin tratar
raw data → datos mpl sin procesar
raw materials → materias fpl primas

3. (= sore) [wound] → abierto
to be red and raw → estar en carne viva
his hands were raw from the weather → tenía las manos en carne viva a causa del tiempo
her throat felt raw → se notaba la garganta muy irritada
raw flesh → carne f viva
his wife's words touched a raw nerve → las palabras de su mujer le dieron donde más le dolía or le dieron en lo más sensible

4. (= basic) [anger, hate, ambition] → puro
he spoke with raw emotion → habló con verdadero sentimiento
the raw energy of a teenager → la energía en bruto de un adolescente
he has raw talent, but it lacks proper direction → tiene el talento en bruto, pero no sabe canalizarlo

5. (= harsh) [wind] → cortante, fuerte; [weather, night] → crudo

6. (= inexperienced) [person, troops] → novato, inexperto
they're still very raw → todavía están muy verdes
a raw recruit (Mil) → quinto m, soldado mf raso (fig) → novato/a m/f

7. (= unfair) a raw deal: he got a raw deal → le trataron injustamente
he's got a raw deal from life → la vida lo ha tratado mal

8. (= coarse) [humour] → crudo

B. N it got or touched him on the raw (fig) → lo hirió en lo más vivo, lo hirió donde más le dolía
life/nature in the raw → la vida/naturaleza tal cual
in the raw (= naked) → en cueros, en pelotas

raw [ˈrɔː]

adj

(= uncooked) → cru(e)

(= not processed) [sugar, cotton, silk] → brut(e); [state] → brut(e)
raw sewage → effluents mpl bruts

[data, information] → brut(e)

(= inexperienced) [person] → inexpérimenté(e), mal dégrossi(e)
a raw recruit → un bleu

(= sore) [hands, skin, feet] → à vif
to touch a raw nerve → toucher un point sensible

[emotions, grief] → à vif
His emotions were still too raw → Ses émotions étaient encore à vif.
Emotionally he still felt raw → Sur le plan émotionnel, il était encore à vif .

[power, beauty, talent] → à l'état brut

(= cold) [weather, wind] → glacial(e)

a raw deal (= bad bargain) → un traitement injuste
to get a raw deal (= unfair treatment) → être traité(e) injustement

in the raw (= as it really is) → à l'état brut

in the raw (= naked) → à poil >

raw

adj (+er)

(= uncooked) meat, food → roh; (= unprocessed) → roh, Roh-; alcohol → rein, unvermischt; cloth → ungewalkt; leather → ungegerbt; cotton → roh, naturbelassen, unbehandelt; rubber → roh; sewage → ungeklärt; raw sugar → Rohzucker m; raw brick → Rohziegel m; raw edge (of cloth etc) → ungesäumte Kante; raw spirits → reiner Alkohol; it’s a raw deal (inf) → das ist eine Gemeinheit (inf); to give somebody a raw deal (inf) → jdn benachteiligen, jdn unfair behandeln; to get a raw deal → schlecht wegkommen (inf); the old get a raw deal from the state (inf) → alte Leute werden vom Staat stiefmütterlich behandelt

(= naked, pure, basic) emotion → nackt, unverfälscht; energy → ursprünglich, impulsiv, nackt; talent → ungeschliffen, elementar; ambition, statistics → nackt; courage → elementar, unverfälscht; facts → nackt, unverfälscht, ungeschönt; raw data (Comput) → unaufbereitete Daten pl; raw score (US Sch) → bloße Punktergebnisse or Punkte pl

(= inexperienced) troops, recruit → neu, unerfahren

(= sore) wound → offen; skin → wund; nerves → empfindlich; red and raw → gerötet und wund; to touch a raw nerve (fig) → einen wunden Punkt berühren, einen rohen or offen liegenden Nerv berühren

(= frank) account → ungeschönt, ungeschliffen, ungemildert

(Met) climate, wind, air → rau; night → rau, stürmisch

(esp US: = coarse) humour, story, person → derb; colour → grell

to touch or get somebody on the raw (Brit) → bei jdm einen wunden Punkt berühren

in the raw (inf: = naked) → im Naturzustand; life/nature in the raw → die raue Seite des Lebens/der Natur

raw:

rawboned

adj → mager, knochig

rawhide

n (= leather) → ungegerbtes Leder; (= whip) → Lederpeitsche f

raw [rɔː]

1. adj

a. (food) → crudo/a; (spirit) → puro/a; (silk, leather, cotton, ore) → greggio/a; (sugar) → non raffinato/a
to get a raw deal (fam) (bad bargain) → prendere un bidone (harsh treatment) → venire trattato/a ingiustamente

b. (wind, weather) → gelido/a

c. (wound, open) → aperto/a; (sore) → vivo/a; (skin) → screpolato/a

d. (person, inexperienced) → inesperto/a
he's still raw → è ancora un pivello or un novellino

2. n it got him on the raw (fig) → lo ha punto sul vivo
life in the raw → la vita così com'è

raw [rɔː]

1. adj

b. (wind, weather) → gelido/a

c. (wound, open) → aperto/a; (sore) → vivo/a; (skin) → screpolato/a

d. (person, inexperienced) → inesperto/a
he's still raw → è ancora un pivello or un novellino

2. n it got him on the raw (fig) → lo ha punto sul vivo
life in the raw → la vita così com'è

raw

adj raw [roː]

1 not cooked raw onions/meat. rou نَيء суров syrový rå roh ωμός, άψητος crudo toores خام raaka cru נָא कच्चा sirovo nyers mentah hrár crudo 生の 날것의 žalias, nevirtas zaļš; jēls; nevārīts mentah rauw rå, ukokt surowy cru crud сырой surový, nevarený surov sirov rå ดิบ çiğ 生的 сирий; недоварений کچا chưa chín 生的

2 not prepared or refined; in the natural state raw cotton; What raw materials are used to make plastic? rou خام необработен surový rå; uforarbejdet; rå- Roh-... ακατέργαστος bruto, sin refinar, en rama toor-, looduslik, puhas ناخالص raaka brut גוֹלמִי प्राकृतिक स्थिति मे nedorađeno feldolgozatlan, nyers mentah hrá- grezzo 加工してない 원료 그대로의 natūralus, neperdirbtas dabisks; neapstrādāts bahan mentah ruw rå(-), ubehandlet surowy em bruto neprelucrat, brut сырой, необработанный surový, nespracovaný surov sirov materijal obearbetad, rå- ไม่ได้เตรียมตัว ham 未加工的，天然的 необроблений ناپختہ thô 未加工的，处于天然状态的

3 with the skin rubbed and sore My heel is raw because my shoe doesn't fit properly. rou محكوك وَمَجْروح ожулен odřený hudløs; øm wund (ξε)γδαρμένος, ερεθισμένος, που πονάει en carne viva marraskil خراشیده arka à vif פֶּצָע अदक्ष grubo, do krvi nažuljano nyílt (seb) lecet sem er með fleiður/sár scorticato 皮のむけた 껍질이 벗겨진 nutrintas, žaizdotas noberzts; nobrāzts; jēls melecet rauw hudløs, sår obtarty em carne viva jupuit (de piele) ободранный, раздражённый odrený, odretý vnet oguljen hudlös, öm เจ็บแสบ (แผล) derisi yüzülmüş 因磨擦而疼痛的 обідраний کھردرا đau buốt 擦掉皮的

4 untrained; inexperienced raw recruits. onervare عَديم الخِبْرَه неопитен nezkušený uøvet; uerfaren unerfahren άπειρος verde, inexperto viluma-tu بی تجربه؛ تازه کار kokematon inexpérimenté חֲסַר נִיסָיוֹן अकुशल neiskusni, sasvim neizvježbani tapasztalatlan belum terlatih óreyndur inesperto 未経験の 미숙한 žalias, neapmokytas zaļš, neapmācīts tiada pengalaman onervaren uerfaren, uøvd surowy inexperiente neexperimentat неопытный neskúsený neizkušen neiskusan grön, otränad ไม่มีประสบการณ์ acemi 未經訓練的，無經驗的 ненавчений; недосвідчений نا تجربہ کار chưa có kinh nghiệm 未经训练的，无经验的

n rawness

onervarenheid كَون الشَيء نيء грубост syrovost råhed die Roheit τραχύτητα, ωμότητα crudeza kogemuse puudumine خامی؛ بی تجربگی kokemattomuus crudité מָצַב טִבעִי कच्चापन sirovost nyerseség; éretlenség keadaan mentah e-ð hrátt; ónærgætni crudezza なま 날것임, 미숙함 žalumas, nepatyrimas jēlums; pieredzes trūkums kementahan rauwheid, onervarenheid hudløshet, sårhet; råhet surowość crueza stare brută необработанность;неопытность; ссадина surovosť surovost sirovost råhet, hudlöshet ความหยาบ çiğlik 原狀，生，無經驗 необробленість; садно کچا پن sự non nớt; trạng thái còn sống 原状，生，无经验

a raw deal

unfair treatment. swak behandeling مُعامَلَه غير عادِلَه несправедливо отношение nespravedlnost, špinavost uretfærdig behandling unfaire Behandlung άδικη μεταχείριση trato injusto ebaõiglane kohtlemine رفتار ناجوانمردانه epäreilu kohtelu sale coup עָווֵל कठोर बर्ताव nepošten dogovor, tretman komisz elbánás perlakuan tidak adil ósanngjörn meðferð ingiustizia 不当な扱い 부당한 처사 didelė skriauda, žiauri apgaulė negodīgs darījums berat sebelah oneerlijke behandeling hard medfart, urettferdig behandling krzywda injustiça tratament aspru непорядочное отношение nespravodlivosť krivično ravnanje (biti opeharjen) nefer tretman en orättvis behandling อย่างไม่ชำนาญ haksızlık, haksız muamele 不公平的待遇 нечесна угода نا منصفانہ برتاؤ cách đối xử không công bằng 不公平的待遇

n raw material

material before being processed or manufactured; material in its natural state such as iron and coal. roustof, rustof مادّه خام суровини surovina råmateriale die Rohstoffe πρώτη ύλη materia prima toormaterjal ماده خام raaka-aine matière première חוֹמֶר גֶלֶם कच्चा माल sirovina nyersanyag bahan mentah (materiale grezzo), (materia prima) 原料 원료 žaliava jēlviela; izejmateriāls bahan mentah grondstof råstoff surowiec сырьё surovina surovina sirovina råmaterial, råvara วัตถุดิบ ham madde 原料 сировина خام مال nguyên liệu thô 原料

raw → خام syrový rå roh ωμός crudo raaka cru sirov crudo 生の 날것의 rauw rå surowy cru сырой rå ดิบ çiğ sống 未加工的

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