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# crude

«crude» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a natural state, not yet made pure or processed: crude…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (crude, cruder, crudest); noun (crude — crude oil)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a natural state, not yet made pure or processed: crude oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#m1)

2) Simple and roughly made, without much skill: a crude raft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#m2)

3) Rude and rough in a vulgar way: crude jokes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#m3)

4) (maths, science) Rough, not exact: a crude estimate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#m4)

5) (noun) Short for crude oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: crude oil from the ground is refined into petrol, diesel and plastics. In history, early tools were crude. In everyday talk a crude joke is rude. In maths a crude estimate is a quick rough guess.

### examples

- Crude oil is pumped from under the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#x1)
- We built a crude shelter from branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#x2)
- The caveman's tools were crude but useful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#x3)
- Don't tell crude jokes in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#x4)
- That's only a crude estimate of the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#x5)
- The price of crude went up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/#x6)

### note

Comparative: cruder, crudest. Adverb: crudely. Maths: a crude estimate is approximate, not exact.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crude» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crude/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.