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  1. adjective Uncooked: raw meat.
  2. adjective Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool. See Synonyms at crude.
  3. adjective Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood. See Synonyms at rude.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English hrēaw; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English raw, rau, ra. from Anglo-Saxon hreáw, hrǣw, raw, uncooked, unprepared, sore, =Old Saxon hrā =D. raauw =Middle Low German rauw, rō, Low German rau =Old High German rāo, rō, rou (raw-), Middle High German (raw-), German roh =Icelandic hrār =Swedish =Danish raa, raw, crude; akin to L. crudus, raw, cruentus, bloody, cruor, gore, blood (see crude), Greek κρέας, flesh, Sanskrit kravis, raw meat, krūra, cruel, hard, OSlav. krŭvĭ, Lithuanian kraújas, blood.
 

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