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Webster 1913 Edition


Crude

Crude

(krṳd)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Cruder
(-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crude

CRUDE

,
Adj.
[L. G.]
1.
Raw; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; in its natural state; undressed; as crude flesh; crude meat. In this sense, raw is more generally used.
2.
Not changed from its natural state; not altered or prepared by any artificial process; as crude salt; crude alum.
3.
Rough; harsh; unripe; not mellowed by air or other means; as crude juice.
4.
Unconcocted; not well digested in the stomach.
5.
Not brought to perfection; unfinished; immature; as the crude materials of the earth.
6.
Having indigested notions.
7.
Indigested; not matured; not well formed, arranged, or prepared in the intellect; as, crude notions; a crude plan; a crude theory.

Definition 2024


crude

crude

English

Adjective

crude (comparative cruder, superlative crudest)

  1. Being in a natural state.
    crude oil
  2. Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
    a crude shelter
  3. Lacking concealing elements.
    a crude truth
  4. Lacking tact or taste.
    a crude remark
  5. (statistics) Being in an unanalyzed form.
    crude data
  6. (archaic) Immature or unripe.
  7. (grammar) pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word

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Noun

crude (plural crudes)

  1. Any substance in its natural state.
  2. Crude oil.
    • 2013 August 3, Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
      The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).

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Italian

Adjective

crude

  1. feminine plural of crudo

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Latin

Adjective

crūde

  1. vocative masculine singular of crūdus

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