raw

raw

 (rô)

adj. raw·er, raw·est

1.

a. Uncooked: raw meat.

b. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool.

c. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood.

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

e. Undeveloped or unused: raw land.

f. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster.

2. Inexperienced or untrained: a raw youth; raw recruits.

3.

a. Having subcutaneous tissue exposed: a raw wound.

b. Inflamed; sore: a raw throat.

4. Unpleasantly damp and chilly: raw weather.

5.

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

b. Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail: the film's raw depiction of urban poverty.

c. Crude, vulgar, or coarse: raw language.

6. Nude; naked: was standing there raw.

7.

a. Engaged in without the protection of a condom.

b. Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.

adv.

Slang Without a condom; unprotected.

Idioms:

in the raw

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

2. Nude; naked.

raw deal

An instance of unfair treatment: got a raw deal from our insurance company.

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[Middle English rau, from Old English hrēaw; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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raw′ly adv.

raw′ness n.

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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. (Clothing & Fashion) (of an edge of material) unhemmed; liable to fray

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

5. ignorant, inexperienced, or immature: a raw recruit.

6. (prenominal) not selected or modified: raw statistics.

7. frank or realistic: a raw picture of the breakdown of a marriage.

8. (Brewing) (of spirits) undiluted

9. chiefly US coarse, vulgar, or obscene

10. chiefly US recently done; fresh: raw paintwork.

11. (Physical Geography) (of the weather) harshly cold and damp

12. informal unfair; unjust (esp in the phrase a raw deal)

n

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

14. 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]

ˈrawish adj

ˈrawly adv

ˈrawness n

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raw

(rɔ)

adj. -er, -est,
n. adj.

1. uncooked: a raw carrot.

2. not processed, finished, or refined: raw cotton.

3. not pasteurized: raw milk.

4. unnaturally or painfully exposed: raw flesh.

5. indelicate; crude: raw jokes.

6. inexperienced; untrained: a raw recruit.

7. frank; unvarnished: a raw portrayal of human passions.

8. brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal.

9. damp and chilly: a raw day.

10. (of whiskey, rum, etc.) unaged or of undiluted strength.

11. unprocessed; not yet evaluated: raw data.

n.

12. a raw condition or substance.

Idioms:

in the raw,

a. in the natural, uncultivated state: nature in the raw.

b. nude; naked.

[before 1000; Old English hrēaw, hrǣw]

raw′ly, adv.

raw′ness, n.

syn: 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 leather. crude refers to that which still needs refining: crude petroleum. rude refers to what is still in a condition of rough simplicity or in a roughly made form: rude farm implements.

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Thesaurus

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

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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.

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raw

adjective

1. Not cooked:

uncooked.

2. In a natural state and still not prepared for use:

crude, native, unprocessed, unrefined.

3. Lacking expert, careful craftsmanship:

crude, primitive, rough, rude, unpolished.

4. Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it:

green, inexperienced, inexpert, uninitiate, uninitiated, unpracticed, unseasoned, untried, unversed.

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Translations

خامعَديم الخِبْرَهمحكوك وَمَجْروحنَيء

syrovýsurovýnezkušenýodřený

råuerfarenuforarbejdethudløsøm

rohRoh-...unerfahrenwundharsch

ωμός

crudobrutocrudaen carne vivaen rama

raaka

crubrutgrossierinexpérimentérustique

sirov

feldolgozatlannyers

mentah

hrá-hráróreyndursem er meî fleiîur/sár

crudogrezzoil punto dolenteil vivonudo

生の

날것의

didelė skriaudaneapmokytasneperdirbtasnevirtasnutrintas

dabisksjēlsneapstrādātsnevārītsnoberzts

rauw

råsårubehandletukokthudløs

surowy

cru

сыройкожсырьёкожьёнеобработанныйнеопытный

odrený

surov

rå

ดิบ

çiğderisi yüzülmüşhamacemi

thô

未加工的未经训练的生的红肿疼痛的处于天然状态的

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

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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

n

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

in the raw (= naked) → à poil

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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

n

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

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raw

:

rawboned

adj → mager, knochig

rawhide

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

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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

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raw

(roː) adjective

1. not cooked. raw onions/meat. rou نَيء суров cru syrový roh rå ωμός, άψητοςcrudo toores خام raaka cruנא कच्चा sirovo nyers mentah hrár crudo 生の 날것의 žalias, nevirtas zaļš; jēls; nevārīts mentah rauwrå, ukoktsurowy اوم (خام)، نه رسيدلى، ناتيار، بې تجربې، بيكه 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 bruto surový Roh-... rå; uforarbejdet; rå- ακατέργαστοςbruto, sin refinar, en rama toor-, looduslik, puhas ناخالص raaka brutגולמי प्राकृतिक स्थिति मे nedorađeno feldolgozatlan, nyers mentah hrá- grezzo 加工してない 원료 그대로의 natūralus, neperdirbtas dabisks; neapstrādāts bahan mentah ruwrå, ubehandletsurowy نا خالص em bruto neprelucrat, brut сырой, необработанный surový, nespracovaný surov sirov materijal obearbetad, rå- ดิบ 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 em carne viva odřený wund hudløs; øm γδαρμένος, ερεθισμένος, που πονάει en carne viva marraskil خراشیده arka à vif פצע 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 rauwhudløs, sår obtarty بيكه 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 擦伤的，红肿疼痛的擦掉皮的

4. untrained; inexperienced. raw recruits. onervare عَديم الخِبْرَه неопитен inexperiente nezkušený unerfahren uøvet; uerfaren άπειροςverde, 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 onervarenuerfaren, uøvdsurowy بې تجربې 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

ˈrawness noun

onervarenheid كَون الشَيء نيء грубост em estado natural / cru syrovost die Roheit råhed τραχύτητα, ωμότηταcrudeza kogemuse puudumine خامی؛ بی تجربگی raakuus crudité מָצַב טִבעִי कच्चापन sirovost nyerseség; éretlenség keadaan mentah e-ð hrátt; ónærgætni crudezza なま 날 것 žalumas, nepatyrimas jēlums; pieredzes trūkums kementahan rauwheid, onervarenheid hudløshet, sårhet; råhetsurowość خامی crueza stare brută необработанность; неопытность; ссадина surovosť surovost sirovost råhet, hudlöshet ความดิบ çiğlik 未煮，未加工，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 injustiça nespravedlnost, špinavost unfaire Behandlung uretfærdig behandling άδικη μεταχείριση trato injusto ebaõiglane kohtlemine رفتار ناجوانمردانه epäreilu kohtelu sale coup עוול 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 behandlingkrzywda ناځوانمردانه رويه injustiça tratament aspru непорядочное отношение nespravodlivosť krivično ravnanje (biti opeharjen) nefer tretman en orättvis behandling การปฏิบัติอย่างไม่ยุติธรรม 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

ˈraw material noun

material before being processed or manufactured; material in its natural state such as iron and coal. roustof, rustof مادّه خام суровини em estado natural / bruto surovina die Rohstoffe råmateriale 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 grondstofråstoffsurowiec خامه ماده сырьё surovina surovina sirovina råmaterial, råvara วัตถุดิบ ham madde 原料 сировина خام مال nguyên liệu thô 原料

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raw

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

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raw

a. crudo-a; [skin] en carne viva; [fruit] sin madurar; [material] materia prima.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

• I can't eat raw eggs → لا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَناوَلَ البَيْضَ النِيْئ → Nemůžu jíst syrová vejce → Jeg kan ikke spise rå æg → Ich kann keine rohen Eier essen → Δεν μπορώ να φάω ωμό αυγό → No puedo comer huevos crudos → En voi syödä raakaa kananmunaa → Je ne mange pas d'œufs crus → Ja ne mogu jesti sirova jaja → Non posso mangiare uova crude → 私は生卵を食べられません → 나는 생계란을 못 먹어요 → Ik kan geen rauwe eieren eten → Jeg kan ikke spise rå egg → Nie mogę jeść surowych jajek → Eu não posso comer ovos crus → Мне противопоказаны сырые яйца → Jag kan inte äta råa ägg → ฉันทานไข่ดิบไม่ได้ → Çiğ yumurta yiyemiyorum → Tôi không ăn được trứng sống → 我不能吃生鸡蛋

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raw

adj (food) crudo; (skin, mucous membrane) excoriado (form), pelado, en carne viva

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