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raw

rɔː

Meanings

adjective

(of food) not cooked.
E.g. raw eggs
(of a part of the body) red and painful, especially as the result of skin abrasion.
E.g. he scrubbed his hands until they were raw
(of an emotion or quality) strong and undisguised.
E.g. he exuded an air of raw, vibrant masculinity
(of the weather) cold and damp; bleak.
E.g. a raw February night
new to an activity or job and therefore lacking experience or skill.
E.g. they were replaced by raw recruits
(of the edge of a piece of cloth) not having a hem or selvedge.
E.g. oversewing is used to neaten raw edges
from a traditional tribal or rural culture.
E.g. raw tribesmen found themselves increasingly marginalised

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