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| crude [ krood ] |
adjective (comparative crud·er, superlative crud·est) |
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1. unskillful: roughly or unskillfully made or conceived
  a crude model of a ship
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2. vulgar: vulgar or obscene
a crude gesture
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3. in raw state: in an unprocessed condition
crude ore
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4. approximate: not precisely accurate
a crude estimate
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5. uncorrected or unembellished: describes numerical results or collected data that have not been organized, adjusted, or altered in any way
crude data
crude facts
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noun |
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energy
Same as crude oil
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| [14th century. < Latin crudus "raw, rough"] |
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| crude·ly adverb |
| crude·ness noun |
| cru·di·ty noun |
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