Crude

Pronunciation

• enPR: kroÍžod, IPA: /kɹuːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd
• Homophones: crewed

Origin

From Middle English crude, from Latin crūdus ("raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude"), from Proto-Indo-European *krewa- ("raw meat, fresh blood"). Cognate with Old English hrēaw ("raw, uncooked"). More at raw.

Full definition of crude

Adjective

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.

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

Antonyms

• (being in a natural state) refined, processed

Derived terms

• crudeness
• crude oil
• crude material

Related terms

• cruel
• cruelty

Noun

1. Any substance in its natural state.
2. Crude oil.
• 2013-08-03, Yesterday’s fuel, 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).

Derived terms

• syncrude

Anagrams

• cured