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rawness
UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɔːnɪs/
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026raw /rɔ/USA pronunciation
adj., -er, -est, n. adj. - uncooked:a raw carrot.
- not processed, finished, treated, or refined:[before a noun]raw cotton.
- Food not pasteurized:[before a noun]raw milk.
- unnaturally or painfully open or exposed:raw wounds.
- vulgar;
crude:raw jokes.
- inexperienced;
untrained:a raw recruit.
- brutal:[before a noun]a show of raw power.
- harsh or unfair:We got a raw deal when we were fired.
- cold and wet:a raw day.
Idioms
- Idioms in the raw:
- Idiomsin the natural state:nature in the raw.
- Idiomsnude;
naked:sleeping in the raw.
raw•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026raw
(rô),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n. adj. - uncooked, as articles of food:a raw carrot.
- not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture:raw cotton.
- unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument.
- Pathologypainfully open, as a sore or wound.
- crude in quality or character;
not tempered or refined by art or taste:raw humor.
- ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained:a raw recruit.
- brutally or grossly frank:a raw portrayal of human passions.
- brutally harsh or unfair:a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends.
- disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air:a raw, foggy day at the beach.
- not diluted, as alcoholic spirits:raw whiskey.
- unprocessed or unevaluated:raw data.
n. - Pathologya sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- unrefined sugar, oil, etc.
- in the raw:
- in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state:nature in the raw.
- Informal Termsin the nude;
naked:sunbathing in the raw.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English hrēaw, hrǣw; cognate with Dutch rauw, German roh; akin to Latin crūdus raw (see crude), cruor blood, Greek kréas raw flesh
2. unprepared, rough, makeshift. 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.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 makeshift or roughly made form:rude agricultural implements; the rude bridge that arched the flood. 6. undisciplined, green, unskilled, unpracticed. 9. cold, wet. 10. straight, neat.
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