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What's The Definition Of Crude?
[n] a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
[adj] not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [adj] 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" [adj] 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" [adj] not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [adj] not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crude: coal oil | coarse | crude oil | early | earthy | fossil oil | gross | indecent | petroleum | primitive | raw | rock oil | rough | rude | unanalyzed | unprocessed | unrefined | unskilled | vulgar Related Terms | Find terms related to Crude: abhorrent | abominable | amateurish | arrested | avgas | backward | barbaric | barbarous | barnyard | base | beastly | below contempt | beneath contempt | blatant | blinding | blue | blunt | boorish | brazen | brazenfaced | brusque | cacophonous | caddish | cloddish | clodhopping | clumsy | coarse | colorful | contemptible | crass | crude oil | despicable | detestable | dirty | disgusting | doggerel | Doric | dysphemistic | earthy | embryonic | ethyl | ethyl gas | execrable | extravagant | fetid | filthy | flagrant | flaring | flashy | flaunting | forbidding | fossil oil | foul | fulsome | garish | gas | gasoline | gaudy | glaring | gorgeous | graceless | gross | harsh | hateful | heinous | high-octane gas | high-test | ignoble | ignorant | ill-bred | immature | improper | impure | in bad taste | in embryo | in ovo | in the rough | inadequate | inconcinnate | inconcinnous | inconsiderate | incorrect | indecent | indecorous | indelicate | ineffective | inelegant | inexpert | infelicitous | inferior | insensible | insensitive | kerosene | lead-free gas | loathsome | loud | loutish | louty | low | lowbred | low-lead gas | lurid | malodorous | mephitic | meretricious | miasmal | miasmic | motor oil | nasty | native | natural | nauseating | noisome | noxious | objectionable | obnoxious | obscene | obtrusive | odious | offensive | ore | original | outlandish | overbright | oversimple | paraffin | petrol | petroleum | poor | premium gas | prentice | primitive | rare | raunchy | raw | raw material | rebarbative | red | reductionistic | reductive | regular | repellent | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | ribald | rich ore | rich vein | risque | rock oil | rough | rough diamond | roughcast | roughhewn | rude | rudimental | rudimentary | run-of-mine | rustic | savage | screaming | sensational | shameless | shrieking | sickening | simplistic | smutty | spectacular | stinking | stunted | tactless | tasteless | tawdry | unanalyzed mass | unbaked | unblown | unboiled | uncivil | uncooked | uncourtly | uncouth | uncultivated | uncultured | uncut | undercooked | underdeveloped | underdone | undeveloped | undignified | undressed | unenlightened | uneuphonious | unfashioned | unfelicitous | unfeminine | unfinished | unformed | ungenteel | ungentle | ungentlemanly | ungraceful | ungraded | unhewn | unlabored | unladylike | unlicked | unlicked cub | unmatured | unpolished | unprocessed | unproficient | unrefined | unseemly | unskilled | unsolicitous | unsophisticated | unsorted | untaught | untrained | untreated | unworked | unwrought | vile | virgin soil | vulgar See Also | atomic number 6 | C | carbon | fossil fuel | oil Crude In Webster's Dictionary \Crude\ (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. {Cruder} (-[~e]r); superl.
{Crudest}.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows
from a wound). See {Raw}, and cf. {Cruel}.]
1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or
heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use
by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. ``Common
crude salt.'' --Boyle.
Molding to its will each successive deposit of the
crude materials. --I. Taylor.
2. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
3. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or
prepared; ill-considered; immature. ``Crude projects.''
--Macaulay.
Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing
rather raw materials for composition. --De Quincey.
The originals of Nature in their crude Conception.
--Milton.
4. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give
nourishment. ``Crude and inconcoct.'' --Bacon.
5. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested
knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude
reasoner.
6. (Paint.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad
taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work
of art.
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