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crude > 7 senses
ADJECTIVE1crude, roughNot carefully or expertly made
2crude, coarse, earthy, gross, vulgarConspicuously and tastelessly indecent
3crude, unrefined, unprocessedNot refined or processed
4crude, primitive, rudeBelonging to an early stage of technical development
5crude, blunt, starkDevoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
6crude, rawNot processed or subjected to analysis
NOUN1crude, petroleum, crude oil, rock oil, fossil oilA dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
crude > pronunciation
Soundskruw'd
Rhymesaccrued, allude, altitude, and 63 more rhymes in uwd at the HyperDic website...
crude > adjective 1
MeaningNot carefully or expertly made.
Examples"managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"
Synonymsrough
Similar tounskilled
Adverbscrudely
crude > adjective 2
MeaningConspicuously and tastelessly indecent.
Examples"a crude joke"; "crude behavior"
Synonymscoarse, earthy, gross, vulgar
Similar toindecent
crude > adjective 3
MeaningNot refined or processed.
Examples"crude oil"
Synonymsunrefined, unprocessed
Contraryrefined, processed
Adverbscrudely
crude > adjective 4
MeaningBelonging to an early stage of technical development. Characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness.
Examples"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
Synonymsprimitive, rude
Similar toearly
crude > adjective 5
MeaningDevoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.
Examples"the crude facts"
Synonymsblunt, stark
Similar tounconditional
crude > adjective 6
MeaningNot processed or subjected to analysis.
Examples"only the crude vital statistics"
Synonymsraw
Similar tounanalyzed
crude > noun, substance
MeaningA dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
Synonymspetroleum, crude oil, rock oil, fossil oil
Narrowerresidual oil, resid
Broaderfossil fuel; oil
Substancescarbon, C, atomic number 6

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