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crude

(kro͞od)

adj. crud·er, crud·est

1. Being in an unrefined or natural state: crude cotton.

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

3. Lacking in sophistication or subtlety; simplistic: 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.

A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.

[Middle English, from Latin crūdus; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.]

crude′ly adv.

cru′di·ty (kro͞o′dĭ-tē), crude′ness n.

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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. (Statistics) (of statistical data) unclassified or unanalysed

6. archaic unripe

(Elements & Compounds) short for crude oil

[C14: from Latin crūdus bloody, raw; related to Latin cruor blood]

ˈcrudely adv

ˈcrudity, ˈcrudeness n

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crude

(krud)

adj. crud•er, crud•est,
n. adj.

1. in a raw or unrefined state: crude sugar.

2. rudimentary or undeveloped.

3. showing a lack of polish, completeness, or skill; rough: a crude shelter.

4. lacking culture, refinement, etc.; vulgar: crude behavior.

5. blunt; stark.

6. Obs. unripe; not mature.

7. crude oil.

[1350–1400; < Latin crūdus raw, bleeding, rough, akin to cruor blood from a wound; see raw]

crude′ly, adv.

crude′ness, n.

syn: See raw.

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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 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

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crude

adjective

1. In a natural state and still not prepared for use:

native, raw, unprocessed, unrefined.

2. Lacking in delicacy or refinement:

barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar.

3. Lacking expert, careful craftsmanship:

primitive, raw, rough, rude, unpolished.

Translations

بَسيط، بِدائيخـام فَظّ

primitivnísurový

grovprimitivråsimpel

roh simpel grob krud plump

ακατέργαστος αργός

crudo burdo primitivo rudimentario

karkea

brut grossier rudimentaire rustique vulgaire

grub

grófgerîuróunninn, hrár

grezzo rozzo greggio

粗雑な

천연 그대로의

natūralusnerafinuotasprimityvus

jēlsneapstrādātsneizstrādātsprimitīvs

ruw

rå røff uferdig primitiv

surowy

bruto

грубый

grov

หยาบ

basit ham ilkel kaba

thô

原始的天然的未加工的简陋的粗糙的

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

crude

(kruːd) adjective

1. unrefined. crude oil.

2. rough or primitive. a crude shelter.

ˈcrudeness noun

ˈcrudity noun

crude

→ فَظّ primitivní grov primitiv ακατέργαστος burdo karkea brut grub grezzo 粗雑な 천연 그대로의 ruw rå surowy bruto грубый grov หยาบ kaba thô 简陋的

crude

a. rudo-a, crudo-a.

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When a thing was funny we were convulsed with appreciation of it, and the simplest, crudest things were funny to us.

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This remark, translated literally into the crudest French, sounded very funny, and the lady at the comptoir could not help laughing.

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They belonged to the period when Japanese art was perhaps in its crudest state, and yet in this uncertain atmosphere they seemed to possess an extraordinary vitality, as though indeed they were prepared at a moment's notice to leap from their frames and annihilate this mysterious product of modern days, who in black clothes and silk hat, unarmed and without physical strength, yet wielded the powers of life and death as surely as they in their time had done.

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It inculcated universal asceticism and social levelling in its crudest form.

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Our psychological sense is the crudest of all; we don't know, we don't perceive how superficial we are.

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His letter described the island minutely, as well as the location of the treasure, and was accompanied by the crudest, funniest little old map you ever saw; with trees and rocks all marked by scrawly X's to show the exact spot where the treasure had been buried.

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To these I gave in helplessly; their very grotesqueness was proof of their divine origin, and I bowed to the crudest manifestations of his genius in these kinds as if they were revelations not to be doubted without sacrilege.

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Before Perry and I came the men of Pellucidar had only the crudest weapons wherewith to slay one another.

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Everywhere there were stern signs of the crudest battle of life, the rude work to be done, and the rude, strong workers who did it.

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Martin had made not even the crudest attempt to welcome her.

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He would talk of nothing but art, of which he had the crudest ideas, from our leaving the gallery until we found ourselves at the Northumberland Hotel.

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Among them are to be found all the most terrible types of animal life that have ever cursed the earth or blessed a museum." He laughed sonorously at his own conceit, for, though he had little sense of humor, the crudest pleasantry from his own lips moved him always to roars of appreciation.