raw

English

/ɹɔː/, /ɹɔ/, /ɹɒ/, /ɹɑ/

adj
Definitions
  • (cooking) of food Not cooked.
  • of materials, products, etc. Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
  • Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
  • New or inexperienced.
  • Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
  • (statistics) of data Uncorrected, without analysis.
  • of weather Unpleasantly cold or damp.
  • of an emotion, personality, etc. Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed
  • Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
  • of language Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters
  • (obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rawe inherited from Old English hrēaw (uncooked, raw) inherited from *hrau inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz (uncooked, raw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krewh₂-

Gloss

blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body

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