crude

Examples

• All

• The artist used a crude sketch to illustrate his initial concept for the sculpture.

• The scientist presented a crude diagram to show the basic structure of the cell.

• This was the very crude origins of the idea of string theory.

• An upright ape, living in dust, with crude language and tools.

  Ex Machina (2015)

• Perhaps a crude map will be used to reorient themselves towards the objective.

  Invicta

• Eastern Europe is lacking in diversified energy resources, particularly crude oil and natural gas.

  Academic text (1990)

• The horizontal axis is the crude oil price, and the curve represents a $60 alternative fuel cost.

  Academic text (2008)

• Nigeria became a centralized petrol state, a country in which more than 85% of government revenues were dominated by crude oil.

  Time to Choose (2015)

• There's sort of a, a crude, raw, barren elemental beauty to it.

Synonyms

R

raw

vscrude

455 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

is more general, adding lack of refinement or development

U

unprocessed

vscrude

6 3.4

Not changed from its natural form

focuses more widely, including undeveloped or unpolished states

U

unrefined

vscrude

2 4.4

In its natural raw state without processing

is broader, also meaning not developed or finished yet

I

in the raw

vscrude

2 5.4

In a natural state without being changed

covers that sense but also applies to undeveloped things

U

undistilled

vscrude

1 7.0

Shown in a raw, honest way without softening

is broader, meaning simply not refined or developed yet

Antonyms

P

processed

72 2.9

Made with machines or chemicals to last longer and be ready to eat

R

refined

• Specialized

24 3.5

Pure because processing removes unwanted parts

Compounds

C

crude oil

• Specialized

50 3.4

A thick black oil from under the ground used to make fuel

How Refined

refined

• Specialized

24 3.5

processed

72 2.9

crude

57 4.6

raw

455 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology