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How to pronounce raw
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What does raw mean?
adj(of food) Not cooked.
“He ate raw beef for dinner.”
Subsisting on, or pertaining to, a diet of raw food.
“I was 100% raw from 2014 until early 2018.”
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.)
advWithout a condom.
“You know what I be on, I'm about to go raw”
nounAn unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
“Early in the year the raws were melted to about 20 Brix in order to facilitate filtration.”
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
“In a moment Tom was angry. The women saw that Bill had touched him upon the raw, and they went out of the room to prepare a meal.”
verbTo sexually penetrate without a condom.
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