raw

[rɔː] 1.

aggettivo

1) (uncooked) [food] crudo

2) (unprocessed) [rubber, silk] greggio; [sugar] non raffinato; [sewage] non trattato

3) (without skin) [part of body, patch] scorticato, a nudo

4) (cold) [weather, wind, air] freddo e umido

5) (inexperienced) [recruit, youngster] inesperto, alle prime armi

6) (realistic) [description] crudo, realistico

7) (undisguised) [energy] puro, vero

8) AE (vulgar) osceno

2.

nome

in the raw — BE allo stato grezzo o naturale; colloq. (naked) nudo

life in the raw — la vita secondo la natura o lontana dalla civiltà

to get sb. on the raw — BE toccare qcn. sul vivo

to touch a raw nerve — toccare un nervo scoperto

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[ro:]

adjective

1) (not cooked: raw onions/meat.) crudo

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

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

4) (untrained; inexperienced: raw recruits.) inesperto

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- rawness

- a raw deal
- raw material

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[rɔː] 1.

aggettivo

1) (uncooked) [food] crudo

2) (unprocessed) [rubber, silk] greggio; [sugar] non raffinato; [sewage] non trattato

3) (without skin) [part of body, patch] scorticato, a nudo

4) (cold) [weather, wind, air] freddo e umido

5) (inexperienced) [recruit, youngster] inesperto, alle prime armi

6) (realistic) [description] crudo, realistico

7) (undisguised) [energy] puro, vero

8) AE (vulgar) osceno

2.

nome

in the raw — BE allo stato grezzo o naturale; colloq. (naked) nudo

life in the raw — la vita secondo la natura o lontana dalla civiltà

to get sb. on the raw — BE toccare qcn. sul vivo

to touch a raw nerve — toccare un nervo scoperto