crude
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin crūdus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Pronunciation Adjectivecrude (comparative cruder, superlative crudest)
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Synonyms: raw, unrefined, unprocessed
- crude oil
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- Synonyms: primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary
- a crude shelter
- a crude estimate
- a crude guess
- Lacking concealing elements.
- Synonyms: obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised
- a crude truth
- Lacking tact or taste.
- Synonyms: blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar
- a crude remark
- You shouldn't use such crude language when talking to the bank manager.
- (archaic) Immature or unripe.
- Synonyms: immature, unripe
- (obsolete) Uncooked, raw.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC ↗, page 63, lines 77–78:
- Her mete was very crude,
She had not wel endude; […]
- (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
- (statistics: in an unanalyzed form) raw
- See also Thesaurus:raw
- French: cru
- German: roh
- Italian: greggio, grezzo
- Portuguese: cru, bruto
- Russian: необрабо́танный
- Spanish: crudo
- German: einfach gestrickt, schlicht, grob gezimmert
- Italian: rustico, raffazzonato
- Portuguese: rústico
- Russian: примити́вный
- Spanish: rudimentario
- French: vulgaire, cru
- German: derb, krude (scholarly), krass (slang), roh, grob
- Italian: volgare, crudo, semplice, grezzo
- Portuguese: bruto
- Russian: гру́бый
- French: brut
- German: roh
- Italian: raffazzonato
- Russian: необрабо́танный
- Spanish: en bruto
crude
- Any substance in its natural state.
Crude oil.
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