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Crude
kruːd
Crude definitions
adjective
crude
cruder
crudest
- constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way
"the inspectors dismissed the documents as crude forgeries"
primitive simple basic rudimentary rough rough and ready rough-hewn make-do makeshift improvised cobbled together thrown together homespun unfinished unpolished unformed undeveloped- (of an action) showing little finesse or subtlety and as a result unlikely to succeed
"the accounts are contradictory and smack of a rather crude attempt at a cover-up"
- offensively coarse or explicit, especially in relation to sexual matters
"a crude joke"
vulgar rude risqué suggestive racy earthy off colour colourful indecent bawdy obscene offensive lewd salacious licentious ribald Rabelaisian boorish coarse uncouth indelicate crass tasteless sordid smutty dirty filthy pornographic X-rated scatological - in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined
"crude oil"
- (of figures) not adjusted or corrected
"the crude mortality rate"
- (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate
"a crude estimate of the number of people available for work"
noun
crude
crudes
- natural mineral oil
"the ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude"