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.

---

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

---

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.

---

crude

Adjective

1. rough and simple: crude farm implements

2. tasteless or vulgar

3. in a natural or unrefined state

Noun

short for crude oil [Latin crudus bloody, raw]

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"

---

crude

adjective 1. rough, undeveloped, basic, outline, unfinished, makeshift, sketchy, unformed

adjective 2. simple, rudimentary, basic, primitive, coarse, clumsy, rough-and-ready, rough-hewn

adjective 3. vulgar, dirty, rude, obscene, coarse, indecent, crass, tasteless, lewd, X-rated (informal) boorish, smutty, uncouth, gross << OPPOSITE tasteful

adjective 4. unrefined, natural, raw, unprocessed, unpolished, unprepared << OPPOSITE processed

Translations

crude [kruːd] adj [materials] → bruto;

(fig) (= basic); tosco: (= vulgar); ordinario

---

crude [kruːd] adj [materials] → brut(e); non raffiné(e) (= basic); rudimentaire, sommaire (= vulgar); cru(e) → grossier/ière

n (also: crude oil) → (pétrole m) brut m

---

crude [kruːd] adj (oil, fibre) → Roh- (fig) (basic) → primitiv: (vulgar) → ordinär

n = crude oil

---

crude [kruːd] adj [materials] → greggio/a; non raffinato/a;

(fig) (= basic); crudo/a, primitivo/a: (= vulgar); rozzo/a, grossolano/a

---

crude, crude oil n → (petrolio) greggio

---

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 천연의 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 조잡한 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