What's the difference between maw and raw?

Maw


Definition:

  • (n.) A gull.
  • (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
  • (n.) Appetite; inclination.
  • (n.) An old game at cards.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aung San Suu Kyi will entrust the party in parliament in the hands of other NLD elders, as expected, and assume a role within the cabinet,” said Nyantha Maw Lin, the managing director at political consultancy Vriens & Partners in Yangon.
  • (2) Adherence to the Maximal Allowable Weight (MAW) standards established by regulation can be difficult for many active duty personnel.
  • (3) The one-man freak show that appeals to the anarchist (even in me) will slither into the greasy maw of the US Republican party.
  • (4) Imagine a bald Jimmy Savile painted aquamarine, contorting his mouth into a gaping downturned maw.
  • (5) The postradiation longevity of the MAW rats proved extended as compared to that of the controls.
  • (6) Three anti-Factor-VIII antibodies from hemophiliacs were reacted with samples of batches of Maws commerical bovine and porcine Factor VIII concentrates manufactured over a 12-year period.
  • (7) The results demonstrated the following for the first time: 1) A right medial atrial wall (MAW) extends anteriorly from the interatrial septum, superior to the interventricular septum (IVS).
  • (8) Measurements of blood pressure (BP), cardiac output (CO), mean airway pressure (Maw), peak airway pressure (Paw), and fistula flow (FF) were carried out with the chest closed.
  • (9) The MAW rats showed a greater osmotic stability of erythrocytes, a higher concentration of nucleic acids, and a larger count of leucocytes.
  • (10) Twice a day the experimental weanlings were given MAW and the controls--tap water.
  • (11) Doug Maw, who started a petition against its use, said he was “disgusted” a more suitable alternative had not been sourced.
  • (12) But he made his mark with a magazine series entitled Music Now, dedicated to the contemporary scene and featuring such composers as Peter Maxwell Davies, Nicholas Maw and John Tavener.
  • (13) The properties of proteolytic enzymes produces from calf maws and from an Ascomycete were studied.
  • (14) Doug Maw, who started the petition to remove animal products from bank notes, urged people to contribute to the Bank’s consultation and expressed concern about the possible use of palm oil.
  • (15) 2) An atrial interventricular septum (A-IVS) groove is located between the base of the MAW and the crest of the IVS.
  • (16) The results showed that MAW recorded the lowest values followed by AME, then MDL, then MVC.
  • (17) But to illustrate, were I in that sort of mood today, I'd probably whack out something along the lines of WHAT SORT OF SORRY WORLD DO WE LIVE IN WHEN WE HANG ON EVERY WORD FALLING FROM THE TEDIOUS GAPING MAW OF CHRIS MOYLES?
  • (18) Twelve male and five female subjects underwent the protocol of the four strength testing techniques investigated: isometric maximum voluntary contraction (MVC); maximum acceptable weight (MAW); maximum dynamic lifting (MDL); and acceptable maximum effort (AME).
  • (19) How will it deal with the blood-sucking maw that has replaced Cobbett's Great Wen as metaphor for booming London ?
  • (20) And we’re not caught in the maw of Heathrow.” His comments come only months after Willie Walsh, boss of BA’s parent company IAG, backed Salmond’s campaign for Scottish independence , which raised the prospect of lower aviation taxes.

Raw


Definition:

  • (superl.) Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
  • (superl.) Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
  • (superl.) Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
  • (superl.) Not distilled; as, raw water
  • (superl.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton
  • (superl.) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits
  • (superl.) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow
  • (superl.) Not tanned; as, raw hides
  • (superl.) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
  • (superl.) Not covered; bare.
  • (superl.) Bald.
  • (superl.) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
  • (superl.) Sore, as if by being galled.
  • (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
  • (n.) A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Multiple stored energy levels were randomly tested and the percent successful defibrillation was plotted against the stored energy, and the raw data were fit by logistic regression.
  • (2) We previously established that the binding constant (Ka) of this receptor site for the chemically synthesized model AGE, 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H- imidazole-butyric acid (FFI-BA), on cells of the mouse macrophagelike cell line RAW 264.7 is identical to that for AGE proteins.
  • (3) We studied the effect of a 2-hour exposure to 0.6 ppm of ozone on bronchial reactivity in 8 healthy, nonsmoking subjects by measuring the increase in airway resistance (Raw) produced by inhalation of histamine diphosphate aerosol (1.6 per cent, 10 breaths).
  • (4) It was also established that the Y. enterocolitica strains isolated from raw cow milk did not refer to the European serotypes 0:3 and 0:9 that were pathogenic for humans.
  • (5) On raw music scores a sex-linked, time-of-day-induced priming effect was due to the prior presentation of CVs--that is, cognitive priming.
  • (6) The norms are reported as "Scaled Score Equivalents of Raw Scores" for each age group and as "IQ Equivalents of Sums of Scaled Scores."
  • (7) Admirable, but will destroying ivory get that message through to poachers, ivory traffickers and the workshops in east Asia and elsewhere that buy smuggled raw ivory?
  • (8) Samples of raw cereals imported in Italy and of other foodstuffs that can be treated with bromine-containing fumigants were analysed for the total bromide content.
  • (9) Instead, they say, we should only eat plenty of lean meat and fish, with fruit and raw vegetables on the side.
  • (10) The report paints a picture characterised too often by international indifference, even over the collection and distribution of the raw data on migrant deaths.
  • (11) Raw Target RSM was force fed to 12 hens which were killed after varying time intervals (15 min., 30 min., 60 min.)
  • (12) Raw milk consumption, since it is not common, does not seem to have a major role in human infection.
  • (13) One hundred and thirty-two penial-preputial swabbings, 140 raw and 42 processed semen samples were cultured for mycoplasmas.
  • (14) The raw data are obtained by capillary gas chromatography using a nitrogen-phosphorus detector.
  • (15) We therefore surveyed patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) regarding early adult consumption of fruits and vegetables usually eaten raw, with seeds that are swallowed or scraped with the teeth.
  • (16) The raw air curve is determined by sequentially counting radionuclide activity in respiratory gases sampled at the mouth.
  • (17) The restriction enzyme patterns of the nine clinical isolates from the 1983 Massachusetts outbreak were identical to each other but differed from those of raw milk isolates recovered from sources supplying the pasteurizer.
  • (18) Nitrogen retention in lambs fed raw, dehulled lupins was equal (P greater than .10) to that of lambs fed SBM.
  • (19) It is postulated that rural children were being infected by campylobacters at an early age by drinking contaminated raw milk which was not normally available to city residents.
  • (20) The third step was the correction of raw FFR amplitudes by an algorithm that takes into account several noise values.

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