Crude definition
Crude oil.
A crude shelter.
Crude reality.
Crude woodwork.
A crude, mannerless oaf; a crude remark.
An example of something that would be described as crude is your first, rough attempt to build something that didn't turn out very well.
An example of something that would be described as crude is burping on purpose in public and not saying "excuse me."
A crude truth.
A crude remark.
Crude data.
Had only a crude notion of how a computer works.
A quick, crude sketch.
Must face the crude truth.
Crude remark.
Crude cotton.
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Origin of crude
- Middle English from Latin crūdus kreuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English crude, from Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewa- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.
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