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01. An oil refinery serves to make gasoline from [crude] oil.
02. The guy is really [crude], so the women in the office really hate him.
03. The prisoner made a [crude] weapon out of parts from his bed frame.
04. The [crudely] made bomb exploded in the marketplace, killing its maker and two others.
05. I don't want you boys using that kind of [crude] language in class.
06. His [crude] remarks often make those around him uncomfortable.
07. People originally found the art of Vincent Van Gogh to be childlike and [crude].
08. Their music CDs often have a warning label attached because of their famously [crude] lyrics.
09. Tom has only a very [crude] notion of how the stock market works.
10. The prisoners were able to escape from the island prison in a [crudely] made boat.
11. Robinson Crusoe made a [crude] shelter out of tree branches for his first night on the island.
12. A recent report shows that domestic [crude] production has dropped by almost three percent.
13. [Crude] oil prices are currently about 34 percent higher than a year ago.
14. His [crudeness] often gets him into trouble because many people are offended by the language he uses.
15. He made a [crude] remark about how big her breasts were, so she slapped him, and ran crying out of the room.
16. Five thousand years ago, the Egyptians invented a [crude] form of toothpaste, using a mixture of wine and pumice.
17. Hikers found some [crude] paintings of animals painted on the walls of the cave.
18. Today, a lone terrorist with a [crude] nuclear bomb can threaten or kill tens of thousands of people in a single act of destruction.
19. The book only offers a [crude] contrast between good and evil.
20. Someone once noted that the stone age was marked by man's clever use of [crude] tools, whereas the information age has been marked by man's [crude] use of clever tools.

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  • Crude — can refer to: Petroleum in its unprocessed form ( crude oil ), including: Brent crude oil Heavy crude oil Light crude oil Sweet crude oil Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil, a type of sweet crude Synthetic crude oil Crude jokes Documentary films: Crude …   Wikipedia

  • crude´ly — crude «krood», adjective, crud|er, crud|est, noun. –adj. 1. in a natural or raw state; unrefined: »Oil, ore, and sugar are crude before being refined and prepared for use. SYNONYM(S) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crude — (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. {Cruder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Crudest}.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See {Raw}, and cf. {Cruel}.] 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crude — [kro͞od] adj. cruder, crudest [ME < L crudus, bleeding, raw, rough < IE base * kreu , congealed (blood) > RAW, Gr kryos, frost & kreas, flesh, L crusta, cruor, MIr cru, blood] 1. in a raw or natural condition, before being prepared for… …   English World dictionary

  • crude — crude; crude·ly; crude·ness; …   English syllables

  • crude — late 14c., in a raw state, from L. crudus rough; not cooked, raw, bloody, from PIE *krue do , from PIE *kreue (1) raw flesh (see RAW (Cf. raw)). Meaning lacking grace is first attested 1640s. Related: Crudely; crudeness. Crude oil is from 1865 …   Etymology dictionary

  • crude — [adj1] vulgar, unpolished in manner awkward, backward, barnyard*, boorish, cheap, cloddish, clumsy, coarse, crass, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, grody*, gross*, ignorant, ill bred, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensible, lewd, loud, loud… …   New thesaurus

  • crude — index blatant (obtrusive), elementary, harsh, imperfect, inelegant, inexact, inferior (lower in quality) …   Law dictionary

  • crude — s. m. Petróleo em bruto …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • crude — *rude, rough, uncouth, raw, callow, green Analogous words: primitive, primeval (see PRIMARY): *immature, unmatured: *coarse, vulgar, gross Antonyms: consummate, finished Contrasted words: cultivated, refined, cultured (see corresponding nouns at… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • crude — ► ADJECTIVE 1) in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined. 2) (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate. 3) rudimentary or makeshift. 4) offensively coarse or rude. ► NOUN ▪ natural mineral oil. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

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