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 →

2) Simple and roughly made, without much skill: a crude raft. tree →

3) Rude and rough in a vulgar way: crude jokes. tree →

4) (maths, science) Rough, not exact: a crude estimate. tree →

5) (noun) Short for crude oil. tree →

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 →
• We built a crude shelter from branches. tree →
• The caveman's tools were crude but useful. tree →
• Don't tell crude jokes in class. tree →
• That's only a crude estimate of the answer. tree →
• The price of crude went up. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.