raw

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adjective

1) (not cooked: raw onions/meat.) rå, ukokt

2) (not prepared or refined; in the natural state: raw cotton; What raw materials are used to make plastic?) rå(-), ubehandlet

3) (with the skin rubbed and sore: My heel is raw because my shoe doesn't fit properly.) hudløs, sår

4) (untrained; inexperienced: raw recruits.) uerfaren, uøvd

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- rawness

- a raw deal
- raw material

rå

I

subst. \/rɔː\/

1) hudløst sted, gnagsår

2) (overført) ømt punkt

in the raw uforskjønnet, usminket

• present life in the raw

fremstille livet rått og utilslørt

(slang) naken

• sleep in the raw

sove naken

in the raw of the morning i den råkalde morgenen

touch somebody in the raw treffe et ømt punkt hos noen

II

adj. \/rɔː\/

1) (om mat) rå

• raw meat

2) rå, ubehandlet, ubearbeidet, uutviklet, primitiv

• raw spirit

ublandet sprit

• raw sugar

råsukker

• raw silk

råsilke

3) uprøvd, uøvd, fersk, amatøraktig, amatørmessig

• raw recruits

ferske rekrutter

• his work was very raw

arbeidet hans var veldig amatørmessig

4) hudløs, blodig

• his knee was one raw wound

kneet hans var et eneste blodig sår

5) (om kulde) rå, råkald

• the weather is raw today

6) rå, råbarket, grov

• a raw joke

• his humour is rather raw

raw deal hard behandling, harde betingelser