Definitions for: Crude


[n] a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
[adj] not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
[adj] not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Molding to its will each successive deposit of the
crude materials. --I. Taylor.

2. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.

I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.

3. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or
prepared; ill-considered; immature. ``Crude projects.''
--Macaulay.

Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing
rather raw materials for composition. --De Quincey.

The originals of Nature in their crude Conception.
--Milton.

4. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give
nourishment. ``Crude and inconcoct.'' --Bacon.

5. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested
knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude
reasoner.

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.

Synonyms: coal oil, coarse, crude oil, early, earthy, fossil oil, gross, indecent, petroleum, primitive, raw, rock oil, rough, rude, unanalyzed, unprocessed, unrefined, unskilled, vulgar

Antonyms: processed, refined

See Also: atomic number 6, C, carbon, fossil fuel, oil

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