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| 1. | [ adjective ] not carefully or expertly made | |
| Synonyms: | rough | |
| Examples: | "managed to make a crude splint" "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them" "rough carpentry" |
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| Related terms: | unskilled | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | |
| Synonyms: | earthy vulgar gross coarse | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | indecent | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not processed or subjected to analysis | |
| Synonyms: | raw | |
| Examples: | "raw data" "the raw cost of production" "only the crude vital statistics" |
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| Related terms: | unanalyzed | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness | |
| Synonyms: | primitive rude | |
| Examples: | "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man" "primitive movies of the 1890s" "primitive living conditions" |
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| Related terms: | early | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not refined or processed | |
| Synonyms: | unprocessed unrefined | |
| Examples: | "unrefined ore" "crude oil" |
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| Related terms: | refined | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment | |
| Synonyms: | stark blunt | |
| Examples: | "the blunt truth" "the crude facts" "facing the stark reality of the deadline" |
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| Related terms: | unconditional | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (chemistry) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | |
| Synonyms: | crude_oil coal_oil rock_oil fossil_oil petroleum | |
| Related terms: | oil fossil_fuel resid carbon | |
| Similar spelling: |
crud cred Crute cruet Crudo crowd Crout Crete creed credo crate crewet create CRT Croteau |
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