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Crude Definition And Meaning
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.

Crude Definition And Meaning

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"

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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