- [usually before noun] (of oil and other natural substances) in its natural state, before it has been processed or refined
- crude oil/metal
- (statistics) (of figures) not changed or corrected
- the crude mortality rate
- We adjusted crude effects for age, education, height and weight.
- (of people or the way they behave) offensive or rude, especially about sex synonym vulgar
- crude jokes/language
- simple and not very accurate but giving a general idea of something
- In crude terms, a heart attack is a plumbing problem in blood vessels around the heart.
- (of objects or works of art) simply made, not showing much skill or attention to detail
- a crude drawing of a face
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin crudus ‘raw, rough’.
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