Dictionary Entry
crude
crude is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh.
- 2superlative
Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
- 3superlative
Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.
- 4superlative
Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
- 5superlative
Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
- 6superlative
Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
- 7noun
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- 8adjective
not processed or subjected to analysis
"raw data"
"the raw cost of production"
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- 9adjective
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
"the blunt truth"
"the crude facts"
- 10adjective
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
"coarse language"
"a crude joke"
- 11adjective
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
"primitive movies of the 1890s"
- 12adjective
not refined or processed
"unrefined ore"
"crude oil"
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- 13adjective
not carefully or expertly made
"managed to make a crude splint"
"a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"
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