rawness
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raw
(rô)adj. raw·er, raw·est
1.
a. Uncooked: raw meat.
b. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool.
c. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood.
d. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production.
e. Undeveloped or unused: raw land.
f. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster.
2. Inexperienced or untrained: a raw youth; raw recruits.
3.
a. Having subcutaneous tissue exposed: a raw wound.
b. Inflamed; sore: a raw throat.
4. Unpleasantly damp and chilly: raw weather.
5.
a. Powerfully impressive; stark: raw beauty; raw talent.
b. Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail: the film's raw depiction of urban poverty.
c. Crude, vulgar, or coarse: raw language.
6. Nude; naked: was standing there raw.
7.
a. Engaged in without the protection of a condom.
b. Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.
adv.
Idioms: Slang Without a condom; unprotected.
in the raw
1. In a crude or unrefined state: nature in the raw.
2. Nude; naked.
raw deal
An instance of unfair treatment: got a raw deal from our insurance company.
raw′ly adv.
raw′ness n.
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Noun | 1. | rawness - a chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air" |
2. | rawness - the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable" integrity, unity, wholeness - an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" partialness - the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete sketchiness - incompleteness of details | |
3. | rawness - a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" chafing - soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" rebound tenderness - pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation chafe - soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee" | |
4. | rawness - lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops" ignorance - the lack of knowledge or education |
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rawness
nounLack of experience and the knowledge gained from it:
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Translations
كَون الشَيء نيء
syrovost
råhed
e-î hrátt; ónærgætni
çiğlik
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rawness
n
(of meat, food) → Rohheit f
(= lack of experience) → Unerfahrenheit f
(= soreness) → Wundheit f
(of weather) → Rauheit f
(esp US: = coarseness) → Derbheit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
rawness
[ˈrɔːnɪs] na. (of weather, wind) → freddezza
b. (of skin) → screpolature fpl
c. (lack of experience) → inesperienza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
raw
(roː) adjective1. not cooked. raw onions/meat.
2. not prepared or refined; in the natural state. raw cotton; What raw materials are used to make plastic?
3. with the skin rubbed and sore. My heel is raw because my shoe doesn't fit properly.
4. untrained; inexperienced. raw recruits.
ˈrawness nouna raw deal
unfair treatment.
ˈraw material noun material before being processed or manufactured; material in its natural state such as iron and coal.
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