Meaning

13 senses
  1. (of food) Not cooked.

    There's nothing but raw fish in the freezer.

    He ate raw beef for dinner.

  2. (of food) Not cooked.

    Subsisting on, or pertaining to, a diet of raw food.

    I was 100% raw from 2014 until early 2018.

  3. Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.)

    raw cane sugar

    raw sewage

  4. Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.

    a raw wound

    сыро́йsyrój

    having the surface exposed and painful

  5. New or inexperienced.

    a raw beginner

    нео́пытныйneópytnyj, зелёныйzeljónyj

  6. Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.

    a raw voice

    rau

    гру́быйgrúbyj, просто́йprostój

  7. Uncorrected, without analysis.

    Roh-

    необрабо́танныйneobrabótannyj, сыро́йsyrój

    not processed or subjected to analysis

  8. Unpleasantly cold or damp. (of weather)

    a raw wind

    прони́зывающийpronízyvajuščij

    unpleasantly cold and damp

  9. Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed. (of an emotion, personality, etc.)

    raw emotion

  10. Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.

    a raw description of the American political arena

  11. Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters. (of language)

    Roh-

    необрабо́танныйneobrabótannyj, сыро́йsyrój

  12. (slang)Without a condom.

    raw sex

Examples

287 sentences
  1. I never feed my dog raw meat.

    Я ніколи не годую свого собаку сирим м'ясом. — deniko

    ruЯ никогда не кормлю свою собаку сырым мясом. — marafon

    deIch gebe meinem Hund nie rohes Fleisch zu fressen. — Dejo

  2. Tom knows Mary doesn't like raw eggs.

    Том знає, що Мері не любить сирих яєць. — quez

    ruТом знает, что Мэри не любит сырые яйца. — marafon

    deTom weiß, dass Maria keine rohen Eier mag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. You don't like raw fish, do you?

    Ти ж не любиш сиру рибу? — deniko

  4. Tom knows that Mary doesn't like raw eggs.

    Том знає, що Мері не любить сирих яєць. — quez

    ruТом знает, что Мэри не любит сырые яйца. — marafon

    deTom weiß, dass Maria keine rohen Eier mag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Are there dogs that eat raw fish?

    Чи є собаки, які їдять сиру рибу? — shanghainese

    ruСуществуют ли собаки, которые едят сырую рыбу? — Lenin_1917

    deGibt es Hunde, die rohen Fisch essen? — xtofu80

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
uncooked:
Русский
By meaning 6
uncooked:
inexperienced:
crude in quality:
of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis:
of weather: unpleasantly damp or cold:
not covered; bare, bald:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
uncooked:
crude in quality:
of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis:

Origin

From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-W

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”).

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Forms

rawer, rawest
Comparativerawer Lesson
Superlativerawest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

22 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • lacking training or experience:new
  • used of wood and furniture:unsanded
  • not processed or subjected to analysis:crude
  • devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure:naked
  • (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes:naturalrude
  • unpleasantly cold and damp:bleakcutting

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

32 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • eat raw
  • eat raw fish
  • raw fish
  • be eaten raw
  • a raw deal
  • couldn't eat raw
  • raw carrots
  • to eat raw
  • raw pork
  • got a raw
  • raw eggs
  • raw deal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
raw — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto