crude

crude
I. crude crude 1 [kruːd] adjective
1. MANUFACTURING crude oil/​sugar etc crude oil, sugar etc is in a natural condition, before it has been treated in an industrial process:

• 300 million tons of crude oil

2. not calculated very exactly:

• The level of income at which people receive Income Support (= receive money from the government because they are poor ) is widely accepted as a crude measure of the 'poverty line'.

3. STATISTICS crude figures have been found by simply counting the numbers of something, without considering things which may affect the numbers:

• a crude analysis of how often different socio-economic groups visit a dentist or doctor

  [m0] II. crude crude 2 noun [uncountable] MANUFACTURING
crude oil:

• a fall in the price of crude

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crude UK US /kruːd/ adjective
NATURAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION in a natural or unfinished state, especially before being treated in an industrial process: »

crude sugar cane

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crude steel

very simple, without much detail, and perhaps not very accurate: »

Our initial crude calculations show that we made a profit this month.

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crude UK US /kruːd/ noun [U] NATURAL RESOURCES
CRUDE OIL(Cf. ↑crude oil)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • Crude — can refer to: Petroleum in its unprocessed form ( crude oil ), including: Brent crude oil Heavy crude oil Light crude oil Sweet crude oil Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil, a type of sweet crude Synthetic crude oil Crude jokes Documentary films: Crude …   Wikipedia

  • crude´ly — crude «krood», adjective, crud|er, crud|est, noun. –adj. 1. in a natural or raw state; unrefined: »Oil, ore, and sugar are crude before being refined and prepared for use. SYNONYM(S) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crude — (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. {Cruder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Crudest}.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See {Raw}, and cf. {Cruel}.] 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crude — [kro͞od] adj. cruder, crudest [ME < L crudus, bleeding, raw, rough < IE base * kreu , congealed (blood) > RAW, Gr kryos, frost & kreas, flesh, L crusta, cruor, MIr cru, blood] 1. in a raw or natural condition, before being prepared for… …   English World dictionary

  • crude — crude; crude·ly; crude·ness; …   English syllables

  • crude — late 14c., in a raw state, from L. crudus rough; not cooked, raw, bloody, from PIE *krue do , from PIE *kreue (1) raw flesh (see RAW (Cf. raw)). Meaning lacking grace is first attested 1640s. Related: Crudely; crudeness. Crude oil is from 1865 …   Etymology dictionary

  • crude — [adj1] vulgar, unpolished in manner awkward, backward, barnyard*, boorish, cheap, cloddish, clumsy, coarse, crass, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, grody*, gross*, ignorant, ill bred, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensible, lewd, loud, loud… …   New thesaurus

  • crude — index blatant (obtrusive), elementary, harsh, imperfect, inelegant, inexact, inferior (lower in quality) …   Law dictionary

  • crude — s. m. Petróleo em bruto …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • crude — *rude, rough, uncouth, raw, callow, green Analogous words: primitive, primeval (see PRIMARY): *immature, unmatured: *coarse, vulgar, gross Antonyms: consummate, finished Contrasted words: cultivated, refined, cultured (see corresponding nouns at… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • crude — ► ADJECTIVE 1) in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined. 2) (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate. 3) rudimentary or makeshift. 4) offensively coarse or rude. ► NOUN ▪ natural mineral oil. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

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