Crude
WordNet
adjective
(1) Not processed or subjected to analysis
"Raw data"
"The raw cost of production"
"Only the crude vital statistics"
(2) 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"
(3) 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"
(4) Not refined or processed
"Unrefined ore"
"Crude oil"
(5) Not carefully or expertly made
"Managed to make a crude splint"
"A crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"
"Rough carpentry"
noun
(6) A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- 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
- Being in an unanalyzed form.
- crude data
- Immature or unripe.
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