Raw vs Modest - What's the difference?
raw | modest |
Of food: not cooked.
Not treated or processed (of materials, products etc.); in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
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Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
Of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis.
* 2010 , "Under the volcano", (The Economist), 16 Oct 2010:
Of weather: unpleasantly damp or cold.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.
* Spenser
(slang) Without a condom.
(sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
* 1800 , Louisiana Sugar Planters' Association, Lousiana Sugar Chemists' Association, American Cane Growers' Association, The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer , Volume 22,
* 1921 , , The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry , Volume 13, Part 1,
* 1939 , The Commercial and Financial Chronicle , Volume 148, Part 2,
Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
Small, moderate in size.
(especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.
As an abbreviation raw
is (games) the rules as written: the actual rules appearing in the rulebook, as opposed to house rules, or as opposed to the rules that might have been intended (in the event of a mistake in the rulebook).As an adjective modest is
not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.raw
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw . Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’}}
- What makes Mexico worrying is not just the raw numbers but the power of the cartels over society.
- a raw wind
- a raw and gusty day
- with scull all raw
Synonyms
* See also * (without a condom)Derived terms
* (l)Adverb
(head)Noun
(en noun)page 287,
- With the recent advance in London yellow crystals, however, the disproportion of the relative value of these two kinds has been considerably reduced, and a better demand for crystallized raws should consequently occur.
page 149,
- Early in the year the raws were melted to about 20 Brix in order to facilitate filtration.
page 2924,
- The world sugar contract closed 1 to 3 points net higher, with sales of only 36 lots. London raws sold at 8s. 4½d., and futures there were unchanged to 3d. higher.
Anagrams
* *modest
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He earns a modest amount of money.
- Her latest novel was a modest success.