rɔ: adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of food)
uncooked. 2 in
the natural state;
not processed or manufactured (raw sewage). 3 (of
alcoholic spirit)
undiluted. 4 (of
statistics etc.) not analysed or processed. 5 (of a person) inexperienced,
untrained;
new to an
activity (raw recruits). 6 a stripped of
skin; having the
flesh exposed. b
sensitive to the
touch from having the flesh exposed. 7 (of the
atmosphere,
day, etc.)
chilly and damp. 8
crude in
artistic quality;
lacking finish. 9 (of the
edge of cloth)
without hem or
selvage. 10 (of silk) as reeled from cocoons. 11 (of grain) unmalted. --n. a raw
place on a person's or horse's
body. øcome the raw
prawn Austral. sl.
attempt to
deceive. in the raw 1 in
its natural state without mitigation (life in the raw). 2
naked. raw-boned
gaunt and
bony. raw deal
harsh or
unfair treatment. raw
material that from
which the process of
manufacture makes products. raw
sienna a brownish-yellow
ferruginous earth used as a
pigment. raw
umber umber in its natural state,
dark yellow in
colour. touch on the raw
upset (a person) on a sensitive
matter. øørawish adj. rawly adv. rawness n. [OE hreaw f. Gmc]
