Crude

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1. Adjective form

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.

2. Adjective form

Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.

3. Adjective form

Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.

4. Adjective form

Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.

5. Adjective form

Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.

6. Adjective form

Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.

7. Noun

a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
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