Crude (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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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Meaning 2
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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Meaning 3
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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Meaning 4
Not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics".
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Meaning 5
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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Meaning 6
Not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil".
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