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raw
/ɹɔː/
noun
(sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
(by extension) A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
adjective
(of food) Not cooked.
(of materials, products, etc.) Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
"raw cane sugar"
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
"a raw wound"
adverb
Without a condom.
"We did it raw."
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