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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hrēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
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Pronunciation
Adjective
rawe (superlative rawest)
- raw (not subject to cooking or heating)
- raw, unprocessed, unfiltered (not subject to processing or refinement)
- (usually referring to one's skin) wounded, hurt, punctured
- (usually referring to one's bodily parts) vulnerable, visible, bare
- (figurative) young, primitive, rough, simple
- (rare) unripened, immature
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Noun
rawe
- A painful or difficult bodily presence.
- (rare) unprocessed fabric
- (rare) The state of being unripe or immature.
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Etymology 2
Noun
rawe
- Alternative form of rewe (“row”)