Tra từ raw - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

raw adjective, noun BrE [rɔː] NAmE [rɔː]
adjective

FOOD
1. not cooked
•raw meat
• These fish are often eaten raw.

MATERIALS
2. usually before noun in its natural state; not yet changed, used or made into sth else
•raw sugar

INFORMATION
3. usually before noun 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.

EMOTIONS/QUALITIES
4. usually before noun powerful and natural; not controlled or trained
•songs full of raw emotion
• He started with nothing but raw talent and determination.

PART OF BODY
5. red and painful because the skin has been damaged
• There were raw patches on her feet where the shoes had rubbed.

PERSON
6. usually before noun new to a job or an activity and therefore without experience or skill
•a raw beginner
•raw recruits (= for example, in the army)

WEATHER
7. very cold
•a raw north wind
•It had been a wet raw winter.

DESCRIPTION
8. honest, direct and sometimes shocking
•a raw portrayal of working-class life
• (NAmE)raw language (= containing many sexual details)

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’.

Thesaurus:
raw adj.
•These fish are often eaten raw.
uncooked •
Opp: cooked
raw/uncooked food/meat/fish/eggs/vegetables
Raw or uncooked? Raw describes fresh food that is usually eaten cooked, such as meat, fish, eggs and vegetables; uncooked is more often used to describe that has been prepared in some way but not yet cooked, such as pastry, dough or ham.

Synonyms:
painful
sore • raw • inflamed • excruciating • burning • itchy
These words all describe sth that causes you physical pain.
painful • causing you physical pain. Painful can describe a part of the body, illness, injury, treatment or death: ▪ Is your knee still painful? ◇ ▪ a series of painful injections ◇ ▪ a slow and painful death
sore • (of a part of the body) painful and often red, especially because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much: ▪ a sore throat ◇ ▪ Their feet were sore after hours of walking.
raw • (of a part of the body) red and painful, for example because of an infection or because the skin has been damaged: ▪ The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
inflamed • (of a part of the body) painful, red and hot because of an infection or injury: ▪ The wound had become inflamed.
excruciating • extremely painful. Excruciating can describe feelings, treatments or death but not parts of the body: an excruciating throat/back/knee.
burning • painful and giving a feeling of being very hot: ▪ She felt a burning sensation in her throat.
itchy • giving an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch; having this feeling: ▪ an itchy rash ◇ ▪ I feel itchy all over.
sore/inflamed/itchy eyes
raw/inflamed/itchy skin
a painful/an excruciating death
a painful/burning sensation
excruciating/burning pain

Example Bank:
•His throat was raw and painful.
•The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
Idioms: ↑catch somebody on the raw ▪ ↑in the raw ▪ ↑raw deal
Derived Word: ↑rawness

noun
more at hit touch a raw/sensitive nerve at ↑nerve _n.

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