Definition of Crude

Adjective: crude (cruder,crudest) krood

Not carefully or expertly made
"managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them";
- rough
Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
"a crude joke"; "crude behaviour";
- earthy, gross, vulgar, ripe
Not refined or processed
"crude oil";
- unrefined, unprocessed
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, rude
Devoid of any qualifications, disguise or adornment
"the crude facts";
- blunt, stark, brute
Not processed or subjected to analysis
"only the crude vital statistics";
- raw

Noun: crude krood

A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- petroleum, crude oil, rock oil, fossil oil, oil, black gold