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A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɹɔ/ UK /ɹɔː/ See IPA manual

Freq #3883

Meanings

1

adj
(of food) Not cooked.

There's nothing but raw fish in the fridge.
2

adj
Not yet processed, refined, or analysed.

The scientists are still studying the raw data.
3

adj
(of natural ability) Strong but not yet trained or developed.

The young player has raw talent that needs coaching.
4

adj
(of skin) Sore and painful, with the surface rubbed away.

Her hands were red and raw from the cold.

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Synonyms

2 adj · not yet processed, refined,... crude

More coarse natural pristine pure unalloyed unmixed unprocessed unrefined untouched untreated utter

Opposites

contaminated impure manufactured modified processed refined

Word family

Forms rawerrawest

Derived forms nonrawraw-bonedrawbonedrawbonesrawhiderawishrawismrawistrawlyrawnessrawstockrawstyle

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Etymology

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”). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Swedish rå (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree.

*krewh₂- Proto-Indo-European rawe Middle English hrēaw Old English *hrau Proto-West Germanic *hrawaz Proto-Germanic

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# raw

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɹɔ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɔː/
**Frequency rank:** 3883

## Meanings
1. (of food) Not cooked.
2. Not yet processed, refined, or analysed.
3. (of natural ability) Strong but not yet trained or developed.
4. (of skin) Sore and painful, with the surface rubbed away.

## Examples
- There's nothing but raw fish in the fridge.
- The scientists are still studying the raw data.
- The young player has raw talent that needs coaching.
- Her hands were red and raw from the cold.

## Synonyms
- coarse
- crude
- natural
- pristine
- pure
- unalloyed
- unmixed
- unprocessed
- unrefined
- untouched
- untreated
- utter

## Antonyms
- contaminated
- impure
- manufactured
- modified
- processed
- refined

## Derived Forms
- nonraw
- raw-boned
- rawboned
- rawbones
- rawhide
- rawish
- rawism
- rawist
- rawly
- rawness
- rawstock
- rawstyle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krewh₂-
- Root: rawe
- Root: hrēaw
- Root: *hrau
- Root: *hrawaz

## Etymology
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”). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Swedish rå (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree.

## AI Etymology
Raw comes 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”). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Swedish rå (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree. Modern senses include (of food) Not cooked. and not yet processed, refined, or analysed.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonraw, raw-boned, rawboned, rawbones, rawhide, and rawish.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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