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1. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes.
Synonyms
- rude
- unprocessed
Antonyms
- strong
- hard
- old
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Raw
- laframboise
- francoise
- francois
- brisbois
- langlois
- harnois
- gravois
- contois
- comtois
- cheng-hua
- chargois
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- voila
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- duboise
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How do you pronounce raw?
Pronounce raw as rɑ.
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Sentences with raw
1. Adjective
This means raw gooseberries will taste best when they're in season.
2. Verb, base form
Paint and primer adheres best to raw wood.
Quotes about raw
1. What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
- John Berger
2. Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
- William S. Burroughs
3. Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.
- David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
2. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] having the surface exposed and painful.
Antonyms
- humane
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] not processed or subjected to analysis.
Synonyms
- crude
Antonyms
- adorned
- thick
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] not processed or refined.
Antonyms
- rugged
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] not treated with heat to prepare it for eating.
Synonyms
- rare
- uncooked
- underdone
- half-baked
Antonyms
- practical
- partly
- closeness
- unsociability
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] brutally unfair or harsh.
Synonyms
- unfair
Antonyms
- unsusceptible
- unconscious
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure.
Synonyms
- naked
- overt
Antonyms
- good
- comfortable
- tough
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] used of wood and furniture.
Synonyms
- unfinished
Antonyms
- unaware
- unclassified
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] (used informally) completely unclothed.
Synonyms
- peeled
- stark naked
- unclothed
- in the buff
- bare-assed
- naked as a jaybird
- bare-ass
- in the altogether
Antonyms
- ordinary
- common
- abundant
- frequent
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))
10. raw
adjective. ['ˈrɑː'] unpleasantly cold and damp.
Synonyms
- cold
- cutting
Antonyms
- unangry
- pleasant
- harmless
Etymology
- raw (Middle English (1100-1500))