word-vault/dist/data/cards/ra/raw.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "raw",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not cooked",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**raw meat**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "raw eggs/vegetables"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These fish are often eaten raw."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tigers were fed raw chicken bones."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "in its natural state; not yet changed, used or made into something else",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**raw sewage**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "raw sugar/milk/cotton"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Iron ore is the main raw ingredient in steel."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not yet organized into a form in which it can be easily used or understood",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This information is only **raw data** and will need further analysis."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "powerful and natural; not trained or showing control",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "songs full of raw emotion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the raw power of imagination"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He started with nothing but raw talent and determination."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "red and painful because the skin has been damaged",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There were raw patches on her feet where the shoes had rubbed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His throat was raw and painful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "new to a job or an activity and therefore without experience or skill",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a raw beginner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "raw recruits *(= for example, in the army)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "very cold",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a raw north wind"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It had been a wet, raw winter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "honest, direct and sometimes shocking",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a raw portrayal of working-class life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "raw language *(= containing many sexual details)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the fact of somebody being treated unfairly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Older workers often get a raw deal."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɔː/",
                "audio": "ra/raw/raw__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɔː/",
                "audio": "ra/raw/raw__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hrēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rauw and German roh, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kreas ‘raw flesh’."
}