'Crude' definitions:
Definition of 'crude'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" [syn: crude, rough]
adjective
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" [syn: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar]
adjective
Not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn: unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant: processed, refined]
adjective
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" [syn: crude, primitive, rude]
adjective
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)]
adjective
Not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: crude, raw]
noun
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil]
Definition of 'Crude'
From: GCIDE
- Crude \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. [1913 Webster]
- Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature. [1913 Webster]
- I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. "Crude projects." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- The originals of Nature in their crude Conception. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. "Crude and inconcoct." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- low-lead gas,
- lowbred,
- 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