CRUDE
Dictionary entry overview: What does crude mean?
• CRUDE (noun)
The noun CRUDE has 1 sense:
1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Familiarity information: CRUDE used as a noun is very rare.
• CRUDE (adjective)
The adjective CRUDE has 6 senses:
1. not carefully or expertly made
2. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
3. not refined or processed
4. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
5. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
6. not processed or subjected to analysis
Familiarity information: CRUDE used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• CRUDE (noun)
Meaning:
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
crude; crude oil; fossil oil; petroleum; rock oil
Hypernyms ("crude" is a kind of...):
fossil fuel (fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content)
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Meronyms (substance of "crude"):
atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crude"):
resid; residual oil (oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled)
• CRUDE (adjective)
Meaning:
Not carefully or expertly made
Synonyms:
crude; rough
Context examples:
managed to make a crude splint / a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them / rough carpentry
Similar:
unskilled (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency)
Meaning:
Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Synonyms:
earthy; crude; coarse; vulgar; gross
Context examples:
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
Similar:
indecent (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters)
Meaning:
Not refined or processed
Synonyms:
unprocessed; unrefined; crude
Context examples:
unrefined ore / crude oil
Meaning:
Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Synonyms:
primitive; crude; rude
Context examples:
the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man / primitive movies of the 1890s / primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
Similar:
early (being or occurring at an early stage of development)
Meaning:
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Synonyms:
stark; blunt; crude
Context examples:
the blunt truth / the crude facts / facing the stark reality of the deadline
Similar:
unconditional (not conditional)
Meaning:
Not processed or subjected to analysis
Synonyms:
crude; raw
Context examples:
raw data / the raw cost of production / only the crude vital statistics
Similar:
unanalyzed (not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination)
