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adjective | noun crudecrude1 /krud/ ●●○ adjective ETYMOLOGYcrude1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin crudus raw, rough, cruel ► in crude terms Private morality, in crude terms, is not the law’s business. THESAURUSnot artificial► natural not caused, made, or controlled by people: All our cloth is made from natural fibers such as wool or cotton. Her natural hair color is brown. ► pure pure food or drink has not had anything added to it: The smoothie was made from pure fruit. ► organic organic fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. is produced without using chemicals: The restaurant serves organic vegetables and meat that are produced at local farms. ► raw raw fruit, vegetables, or meat is not cooked. You also use raw about food that is used or sold in its natural state: There was a plate of raw carrots, celery, and broccoli on the table. The children were given juice sweetened with raw cane sugar. ► unprocessed/unrefined relating to food that has not been treated with chemicals or by any other methods before it is sold as a food product: Diabetes is uncommon among people who eat traditional unprocessed foods. ► crude/unrefined relating to resources, especially oil, that are in their natural state, before they have been treated with chemicals or turned into products that people use: The price of crude oil rose by two dollars a barrel. 1disapproving offensive or rude, especially in a sexual way SYN vulgar: crude jokes Rudy was loud-mouthed and crude.2not developed to a high standard, or made with little skill: a crude homemade bomb3done without attention to detail, but generally correct and useful SYN rough: a crude estimate Private morality, in crude terms, is not the law’s business.4[only before noun] crude oil, rubber, etc. is in its natural or raw condition before it is treated with chemicals
► see thesaurus at natural1 [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin crudus raw, rough, cruel]—crudely adverb: crudely built shacks—crudity (also crudeness) noun [countable, uncountable] adjective | noun crudecrude2 (also ˈcrude oil) noun [uncountable] earth science oil that is in its natural condition, as it comes out of an oil well, and before it has been treated with chemicals |