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raw^¹

/ɹɔː/ Northern England, UK
/ɹoː/ British, Southern, Standard
/ɾɔ/ Scotland
/ɾɔː/ Wales
/ɹɔ/ US
/ɹɑ/ US, cot caught merger
/ɹɒ/ Canada
/ɹoː/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like roar (non-rhotic), rah (cot–caught merger, father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː

Where it comes from

From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz (“raw”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).

Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rå (“raw”), Faroese ráur (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree. Doublet of crude.

adjective rawer · rawest

(of food) Not cooked. There's nothing but raw fish in the freezer.
Subsisting on, or pertaining to, a diet of raw food. I was 100% raw from 2014 until early 2018.
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.) Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was abo
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated. ‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’
New or inexperienced. a raw beginner
Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. a raw voice
of data Uncorrected, without analysis. What makes Mexico worrying is not just the raw numbers but the power of the cartels over society.
Unpleasantly cold or damp. (of weather) a raw wind
Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed. (of an emotion, personality, etc.) raw emotion
Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc. a raw description of the American political arena
Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters. (of language)
slang Without a condom. raw sex
obsolete Not covered; bare; bald. with scull all raw

adverb

slang Without a condom. We did it raw.
Similar: condomless

noun raws

An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such. With the recent advance in London yellow crystals, however, the disproportion of the relative value of these two kinds has been considerably reduced, and a better demand for crystallized raws should consequently occur.
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
broadly, figuratively A point about which a person is particularly sensitive. In a moment Tom was angry. The women saw that Bill had touched him upon the raw, and they went out of the room to prepare a meal.
slang, uncountable Unadulterated narcotics, especially crack cocaine The year is '94, in my trunk is raw
slang A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
slang A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.

verb raws · rawing · rawed

slang, transitive To sexually penetrate without a condom.

RAW^²

proper noun R.A.W. · R. A. W.

India, abbreviation, acronym, initialism Initialism of Research and Analysis Wing RAW is a well-known acronym in India for an organization whose detailed character and activities are not well-known. RAW stands for the Research and Analysis Wing either of India's prime minister's department or the cabinet's secretariat, which was established in 1968 to handle internal intelligence
Similar: R&AW

noun R.A.W. · R. A. W.

abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of rules as written: the actual rules appearing in the rulebook, as opposed to house rules, or to rules that might have been intended (in the event of a mistake in the rulebook).
Similar: RaW
abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of read after write, a kind of data hazard.

Raw^³

Where it comes from

Topographic surname for someone who lived at a hedgerow or at a row of houses, from Old English rāw (“row”).

proper noun Raws

A surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unsanded, untreated, unprocessed, untoasted, uncooked, unanalyzed, unpolished, unfinished, inexperienced, unfair, unjust, naked, stark naked, bare-assed, birthday suit, unclothed

adjective

Translations

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adj uncooked

Español	crudo
한국어	생의 saeng'ui, 날것의 nalgeosui
日本語	生の nama no
中文	生的 shēng de
हिन्दी	कच्चा kaccā
Português	cru, crua
Français	cru
Deutsch	roh
Italiano	crudo
Ελληνικά	ωμός omós, άψητος ápsitos, αμαγείρευτος amageíreftos
Română	crud
Русский	сыро́й syrój
Tiếng Việt	sống
العربية	نَيْء nayʔ
עברית	נָא na, חַי khay

adj chafed, exposed of a wound

Español	en carne viva
Italiano	aperta
Русский	сыро́й syrój

adj inexperienced

Português	inexperiente, xucro
Italiano	vergine
Ελληνικά	ανεκπαίδευτος anekpaídeftos, πρωτόπειρος protópeiros
Русский	нео́пытный neópytnyj, зелёный zeljónyj

adj crude in quality

Deutsch	rau
Italiano	grossolano, grossolana, roco, afono, rozzo
Ελληνικά	ακατέργαστος akatérgastos, ανεπεξέργαστος anepexérgastos
Русский	гру́бый grúbyj, просто́й prostój

adj of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis

Español	bruto
Português	bruto
Français	brut
Deutsch	Roh-
Italiano	bruto, arraffazzonato, inconcludente, a casaccio
Русский	необрабо́танный neobrabótannyj, сыро́й syrój

adj of weather: unpleasantly damp or cold

Italiano	afoso, umido, gelido
Русский	прони́зывающий pronízyvajuščij

adj untreated

Español	crudo
हिन्दी	कच्चा kaccā
Português	bruto
Français	brut
Deutsch	Roh-
Italiano	grezzo, non raffinatato, naturale
Ελληνικά	ακατέργαστος akatérgastos, ανεπεξέργαστος anepexérgastos
Русский	необрабо́танный neobrabótannyj, сыро́й syrój
العربية	خَام ḵām

adj not covered; bare, bald

Français	nu
Русский	го́лый gólyj, лы́сый lýsyj

adv without a condom

日本語	生 nama, 生ハメ namahame
中文	無套 /无套 wú tào
हिन्दी	नंगा naṅgā, निरोधहीन nirodh-hīn
Português	no pelo
Italiano	senza protezione, senza preservativo

noun anime fandom: a recording or rip that has not been fansubbed

日本語	生 nama
中文	生肉 shēngròu

noun manga fandom: a scan that has not been cleaned and scanlated

日本語	生 nama, 原画 genga
中文	生肉 shēngròu

name Indian intelligence agency

हिन्दी	रॉ rŏ

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  title = {raw},
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raw

AI In plain words

raw¹

Where it comes from

adjective rawer · rawest

adverb

noun raws

verb raws · rawing · rawed

RAW²

proper noun R.A.W. · R. A. W.

noun R.A.W. · R. A. W.

Raw³

Where it comes from

proper noun Raws

Thesaurus

Translations

adj uncooked

adj chafed, exposed of a wound

adj inexperienced

adj crude in quality

adj of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis

adj of weather: unpleasantly damp or cold

adj untreated

adj not covered; bare, bald

adv without a condom

noun anime fandom: a recording or rip that has not been fansubbed

noun manga fandom: a scan that has not been cleaned and scanlated

name Indian intelligence agency

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