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(satellite adjective) not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" |
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Synonyms: raw |
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(satellite adjective) 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"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains" |
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Synonyms: primitive, rude |
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(satellite adjective) not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" |
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Synonyms: rough |
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(satellite adjective) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" |
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Synonyms: blunt, stark |
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(satellite adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" |
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Synonyms: coarse, earthy, gross, vulgar |
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(adjective) not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" |
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Synonyms: unprocessed, unrefined |
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(noun) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons |
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Synonyms: coal oil, crude oil, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil |
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Related Words: fossil fuel, oil |
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