(~er, ~est)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Raw materials or substances are in their natural state before being processed or used in manufacturing.
We import ~ materials and energy and export mainly industrial products.
...two ships carrying ~ sugar from Cuba.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
Raw food is food that is eaten uncooked, that has not yet been cooked, or that has not been cooked enough.
...a popular dish made of ~ fish...
This versatile vegetable can be eaten ~ or cooked...
ADJ
3.
If a part of your body is ~, it is red and painful, perhaps because the skin has come off or has been burnt.
...the drag of the rope against the ~ flesh of my shoulders...
ADJ
4.
Raw emotions are strong basic feelings or responses which are not weakened by other influences.
Her grief was still ~ and he did not know how to help her.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
5.
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is simple, powerful, and real.
...the ~ power of instinct.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
6.
Raw data is facts or information that has not yet been sorted, analysed, or prepared for use.
Analyses were conducted on the ~ data.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
7.
If you describe someone in a new job as ~, or as a ~ recruit, you mean that they lack experience in that job.
...replacing experienced men with ~ recruits...
= inexperienced
? experienced
ADJ: usu ADJ n
8.
Raw weather feels unpleasantly cold.
...a ~ December morning.
= bitter
ADJ
9.
Raw sewage is sewage that has not been treated to make it cleaner.
...contamination of bathing water by ~ sewage.
= untreated
ADJ: ADJ n
10.
If you say that you are getting a ~ deal, you mean that you are being treated unfairly. (INFORMAL)
I think women have a ~ deal.
? a fair deal
PHRASE: v PHR
11.
to touch a ~ nerve: see nerve