crude

crude  (krd)

adj. crud·er, crud·est

1. Being in an unrefined or natural state; raw.

2. Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive: a crude, mannerless oaf; a crude remark.

3. Characterized by uncultured simplicity; lacking in sophistication or subtlety: had only a crude notion of how a computer works.

4. Not carefully or skillfully made; rough: a quick, crude sketch.

5. Undisguised or unadorned; plain: must face the crude truth.

6. Statistics In an unanalyzed form; not adjusted to allow for related circumstances or data.

7. Archaic Unripe or immature.

n.

A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.

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[Middle English, from Latin crdus; see kreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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crudely adv.

crudi·ty (krd-t), crudeness n.

Synonyms: crude, native, raw
These adjectives mean in a natural state and not yet processed for use: crude rubber; native iron; raw cotton. See Also Synonyms at rude.

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crude [kruːd]

adj

1. lacking taste, tact, or refinement; vulgar a crude joke

2. in a natural or unrefined state

3. lacking care, knowledge, or skill a crude sketch

4. (prenominal) stark; blunt the crude facts

5. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) (of statistical data) unclassified or unanalysed

6. Archaic unripe

n

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) short for crude oil

[from Latin crūdus bloody, raw; related to Latin cruor blood]

crudely  adv

crudity , crudeness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crude - a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons crude oil, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil, oil atomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds fossil fuel - fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content oil - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water resid, residual oil - oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled
Adj.	1.	crude - not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" rough unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
	2.	crude - conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" earthy, vulgar, gross indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
	3.	crude - not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" unprocessed, unrefined
	4.	crude - belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains" primitive, rude early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
	5.	crude - devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" stark, blunt unconditional, unconditioned - not conditional; "unconditional surrender"
	6.	crude - not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" raw unanalyzed - not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination; "an unanalyzed compound"; "unanalyzed data"

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crude

adjective

1. rough, undeveloped, basic, outline, unfinished, makeshift, sketchy, unformed a crude way of assessing the risk of heart disease

2. simple, rudimentary, basic, primitive, coarse, clumsy, rough-and-ready, rough-hewn crude wooden carvings

3. vulgar, dirty, rude, obscene, coarse, indecent, crass, tasteless, lewd, X-rated (informal), boorish, smutty, uncouth, gross a crude sense of humour
vulgar polished, subtle, refined, genteel, tasteful

4. unrefined, natural, raw, unprocessed, unpolished, unmilled, unprepared 8.5 million tonnes of crude steel
unrefined processed, fine, prepared, polished, refined, fine-grained

Translations

crude [kruːd]

A. ADJ (cruder (compar) (crudest (superl)))

1. (= unprocessed) [oil] → crudo; [steel, materials] → bruto; [sugar] → sin refinar

2. (= primitive) [device, bomb, method, hut] → rudimentario; [table, door] → tosco, basto; [drawing, piece of work] → tosco, burdo
to make a crude attempt at doing sth → hacer un burdo intento de hacer algo

3. (= coarse) [person, behaviour, language, joke] → grosero, ordinario

B. N (also crude oil) → crudo m

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crude [ˈkruːd]

adj

(= raw, unrefined) [steel, petroleum, iron, uranium] → brut(e)

(= basic) [method, measurement] → rudimentaire; [attempt] → grossier/ière

(= vulgar) [person] → grossier/ière, vulgaire; [language] → cru(e), grossier/ière

n (also crude oil) → brut m

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crude

adj (+er)

(= unprocessed) → Roh-, roh

(= vulgar) expression, story etc → ordinär, derb

(= unsophisticated) method, model, implement → primitiv; sketch → grob; manners → ungehobelt, grob; attempt → unbeholfen

n → Rohöl nt

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crude [kruːd]

1. adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl)))

a. (pej) (clumsy, unsophisticated, method, idea) → rozzo/a; (light, colour) → violento/a

b. (simple, device, tool) → rudimentale; (drawing) → (appena) abbozzato/a
to make a crude attempt at doing sth → fare un rozzo tentativo di fare qc

c. (vulgar) → volgare, grossolano/a

d. (unprocessed, materials) → grezzo/a; (oil) → greggio/a

2. n (also crude oil) → (petrolio) greggio

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crude [kruːd]

1. adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl)))

a. (pej) (clumsy, unsophisticated, method, idea) → rozzo/a; (light, colour) → violento/a

b. (simple, device, tool) → rudimentale; (drawing) → (appena) abbozzato/a
to make a crude attempt at doing sth → fare un rozzo tentativo di fare qc

c. (vulgar) → volgare, grossolano/a

d. (unprocessed, materials) → grezzo/a; (oil) → greggio/a

2. n (also crude oil) → (petrolio) greggio

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crude

adj crude [kruːd]

1 unrefined crude oil. ruolie خـام суров surový rå; rå- roh ακατέργαστος crudo toor- خام؛ تصفیه نشده raaka- brut גָלמִי अशोधित nepročišćen, sirov nyers mentah óunninn, hrár greggio 未加工の 천연 nerafinuotas, natūralus jēls; neapstrādāts minyak mentah grof, ruw rå(-) surowy não-refinado ne­pre­lucrat необработанный; сырой surový surov nerafinisan rå, obearbetad ดิบ; ที่ยังไม่ได้ผ่านกระบวนการใด ham 天然的，未加工的 сирий, сировий خام، كچا thô 天然未加工的

2 rough or primitive a crude shelter. primitief, primitiewe بَسيط، بِدائي недодялан primitivní grov; simpel; primitiv grob πρωτόγονος rudimentario, primitivo algeline, tahumatu زمخت؛ ابتدایی alkeellinen, karkea rudimentaire פְּרִימִיטִיבִי अपरिष्कृत sirov, grub durva kasar grófgerður rozzo, rude 粗雑な 허술한 primityvus primitīvs; neizstrādāts tak sempurna primitief uferdig, røff, primitiv, grov niewykończony, prymitywny primitivo ru­di­men­tar; grosolan грубо сделанный primitívny surov nepristojan grovt tillyxad, primitiv หยาบ ๆ ilkel, basit 粗糙的，原始的 необроблений; грубий اکه‍ڑ، ناشائست‍ہ sống 粗糙的，原始的

n crudeness

ruheid, rouheid, kruheid, grofheid, غَـلاظة، بَـساطَـه суровост surový stav; neotesanost grovhed die Roheit χοντροκοπιά, κακογουστιά crudeza, tosquedad, ordinariez tahumatus خامی؛ بی تجربگی karkeus grossièreté גָסוּת असभ्यता sirovost, grubost nyerseség kekasaran, kementahan ruddaskapur grossolanità, rudezza 粗雑さ 조잡함 grubumas (produktu) jēlums; negatavība kementahan grofheid, primitiviteit uferdighet, grovhet surowość crueza caracter grosolan необработанность;грубость hrubosť surovost vulgarnost råhet, rått tillstånd, grovhet การหยาบคาย ilkel olma, basitlik 天然 грубість بهون‍ڈا پن، ناشائست‍گی sự thô thiển; còn sống 天然

n crudity

ru, rou, kru, grot, onsuiwer فَظاظـه، خُشونه недодяланост hrubost grovhed die Roheit χοντροκοπιά, κακογουστιά crudeza, tosquedad, ordinariez tahumatus بی تجربگی karkeus crudité חוֹסֶר עִידוּן अशिष्टता sirovost nyerseség kekasaran e-ð hrátt; ruddaskapur grossolanità, rudezza 粗野 조잡; 미숙 grubumas (produktu) jēlums; negatavība kementahan grofheid, primitiviteit grovhet, plumphet prostota crueza grosolănie необработанность;грубость surovosť surovost vulgarnost råhet, råprodukt, grovhet การหยาบคาย kabalık, edepsizlik 粗糙 незрілість; необробленість بهون‍ڈا پن، ناشائست‍گی، اکه‍ڑ پن xem crudeness 粗糙

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crude → فَج primitivní grov primitiv ακατέργαστος burdo karkea brut sirov grezzo 粗雑な 천연 그대로의 ruw rå surowy bruto грубый grov หยาบ kaba thô 未提炼的