crude
crude /kr'uːd/ (cruder crudest crudes)
1 [ADJ]
A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but crude way of assessing the risk of heart disease or strokes...
= rough
● crudely [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
The donors can be split-a little crudely-into two groups...
2 [ADJ]
If you describe an object that someone has made as crude, you mean that it has been made in a very simple way or from very simple parts.
...crude wooden boxes.
● crudely [ADV] usu ADV -ed
...a crudely carved wooden form...
3 [ADJ]
If you describe someone as crude, you disapprove of them because they speak or behave in a rude, offensive, or unsophisticated way.
Nev! Must you be quite so crude?
...crude language.
= coarse
● crudely [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
He hated it when she spoke so crudely...
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
Crude substances are in a natural or unrefined state, and have not yet been used in manufacturing processes.
...8.5 million tonnes of crude steel.
= raw
≠ refined
5 [N-MASS]
Crude is the same as crude oil.crude oil
[N-UNCOUNT]
Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
1 [ADJ]
A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but crude way of assessing the risk of heart disease or strokes...
= rough
● crudely [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
The donors can be split-a little crudely-into two groups...
2 [ADJ]
If you describe an object that someone has made as crude, you mean that it has been made in a very simple way or from very simple parts.
...crude wooden boxes.
● crudely [ADV] usu ADV -ed
...a crudely carved wooden form...
3 [ADJ]
If you describe someone as crude, you disapprove of them because they speak or behave in a rude, offensive, or unsophisticated way.
Nev! Must you be quite so crude?
...crude language.
= coarse
● crudely [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
He hated it when she spoke so crudely...
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
Crude substances are in a natural or unrefined state, and have not yet been used in manufacturing processes.
...8.5 million tonnes of crude steel.
= raw
≠ refined
5 [N-MASS]
Crude is the same as crude oil.crude oil
[N-UNCOUNT]
Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.