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Webster 1913 Edition
Crude
Crude
(krṳd)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Cruder
(-ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Crudest
.] 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;
“Common crude salt.” as,
. crude
fleshBoyle.
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
Conception.
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
reasoner6.
(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.
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)
- Being in a natural state.
- crude oil
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- a crude shelter
- Lacking concealing elements.
- a crude truth
- Lacking tact or taste.
- a crude remark
- (statistics) Being in an unanalyzed form.
- crude data
- (archaic) Immature or unripe.
- (grammar) pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word
Synonyms
- (being in a natural state): raw, unrefined, unprocessed
- (characterized by simplicity): primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary
- (lacking concealing elements): obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised
- (lacking tact or taste): blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar
- (statistics: in an unanalyzed form): raw
- (archaic: immature or unripe): See immature or unripe
- See also Wikisaurus:raw
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Translations
being in a natural state
characterized by simplicity
lacking concealing elements
lacking tact or taste
statistics: in an unanalyzed form
immature or unripe (see immature or unripe)
Noun
crude (plural crudes)
- Any substance in its natural state.
- 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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Derived terms
Translations
any substance in its natural state
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
crūde
- vocative masculine singular of crūdus
References
- CRUDE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)