Definition of crude

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crude - 8 definitions

- noun
1. petroleum -- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
synonyms: petroleum, crude oil, rock oil, fossil oil, oil
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. crude, cruder -- unrefined petroleum
synonyms: cruder, crudes, vulgar, crudely, crudest
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
3. crude -- not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
synonyms: rough
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. crude -- 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"
synonyms: earthy, gross, vulgar
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. unrefined -- not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
synonyms: unrefined, unprocessed
antonyms: refined -- freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. crude -- 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"
synonyms: primitive, rude
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. blunt -- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
synonyms: blunt, stark
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. crude -- not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
synonyms: raw
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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refined -- freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare

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