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crude
/kɹud/
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What does crude mean?
adjective
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- Lacking concealing elements.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Lacking tact or taste.
- Not adjusted or further analyzed.
- Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
- (archaic) Immature or unripe.
- (obsolete) Uncooked, raw.
noun
- Any substance in its natural state.
- Ellipsis of crude oil.
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IPA pronunciation
/kɹud/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Self-sufficient in coal and iron ore, it has a crude steel production capacity of about 95 million tons, second only to Japan.
This crude arrangement he bound over the youth’s head, tying the ends in a queer knot at the back of the neck.
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Again and again she examined the crude little note, for she did not know what it meant, yet it bred vague fear.
Of what consequence to science is this interminable recital of crude facts, if your analysis never extracts a single idea from them?
You will pardon me for bringing such a simple and crude apparatus before you in a lecture, but I ask your forbearance.