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Crude
Definitions
- 1 In a natural, untreated state.
"crude oil"
- 2 Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
"a crude shelter"
- 3 Lacking concealing elements.
"a crude truth"
- 4 Lacking tact or taste.
"a crude remark"
- 5 Not adjusted or further analyzed.
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- 6 Immature or unripe. archaic
- 7 Uncooked, raw. obsolete
"Her mete was very crude, She had not wel endude; […]"
- 8 Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
- 1 not processed or subjected to analysis wordnet
- 2 devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment wordnet
- 3 conspicuously and tastelessly indecent wordnet
- 4 belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness wordnet
- 5 not refined or processed wordnet
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- 6 not carefully or expertly made wordnet
- 1 Any substance in its natural state. countable, uncountable
- 2 a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons wordnet
- 3 Ellipsis of crude oil. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices)."
Etymology
From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”). Doublet of crudo, from Italian. Cognate with Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”) via Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw blood”); more at raw.
From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”). Doublet of crudo, from Italian. Cognate with Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”) via Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw blood”); more at raw.
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