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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons;
[syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil]


ADJECTIVE (6)

1. not carefully or expertly made;
- Example: "managed to make a crude splint"
- Example: "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"
- Example: "rough carpentry"
[syn: crude, rough]

2. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;
- Example: "coarse language"
- Example: "a crude joke"
- Example: "crude behavior"
- Example: "an earthy sense of humor"
- Example: "a revoltingly gross expletive"
- Example: "a vulgar gesture"
- Example: "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
[syn: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar]

3. not refined or processed;
- Example: "unrefined ore"
- Example: "crude oil"
[syn: unrefined, unprocessed, crude]

4. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness;
- Example: "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
- Example: "primitive movies of the 1890s"
- Example: "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
[syn: crude, primitive, rude]

5. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
- Example: "the blunt truth"
- Example: "the crude facts"
- Example: "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
[syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)]

6. not processed or subjected to analysis;
- Example: "raw data"
- Example: "the raw cost of production"
- Example: "only the crude vital statistics"
[syn: crude, raw]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Molding to its will each successive deposit of the
            crude materials.                      --I. Taylor.
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   2. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
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            I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or
      prepared; ill-considered; immature. "Crude projects."
      --Macaulay.
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            Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing
            rather raw materials for composition. --De Quincey.
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            The originals of Nature in their crude
            Conception.                           --Milton.
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   4. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give
      nourishment. "Crude and inconcoct." --Bacon.
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   5. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested
      knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude
      reasoner.
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   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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crude
    adj 1: 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]
    2: 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]
    3: not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn:
       unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant: processed,
       refined]
    4: 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]
    5: 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)]
    6: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
       cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
       crude, raw]
    n 1: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn:
         petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil
         oil, oil]