Raw Rɔː Adjective Meat Eggs/Vegetables Fish Eaten Tigers

• raw meat
• raw eggs/vegetables
• these fish are often eaten raw.
• the tigers were fed raw chicken bones.

raw

1. not cooked
• raw meat
• raw eggs/vegetables
• These fish are often eaten raw.
• The tigers were fed raw chicken bones.
2. in its natural state; not yet changed, used or made into something else
• raw sewage
• raw sugar/milk/cotton
• Iron ore is the main raw ingredient in steel.
3. not yet organized into a form in which it can be easily used or understood
• This information is only raw data and will need further analysis.
4. powerful and natural; not trained or showing control
• songs full of raw emotion
• the raw power of imagination
• He started with nothing but raw talent and determination.
5. red and painful because the skin has been damaged
• There were raw patches on her feet where the shoes had rubbed.
• His throat was raw and painful.
• The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
6. new to a job or an activity and therefore without experience or skill
• a raw beginner
• raw recruits (= for example, in the army)
7. very cold
• a raw north wind
• It had been a wet, raw winter.
8. honest, direct and sometimes shocking
• a raw portrayal of working-class life
• raw language (= containing many sexual details)
9. the fact of somebody being treated unfairly
• Older workers often get a raw deal.

Word Origin

• Old English hrēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rauw and German roh, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kreas ‘raw flesh’.