crude | | |
n. (substance) | 1. crude, crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil | a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. |
| ~ atomic number 6, carbon, c | an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds. |
| ~ fossil fuel | fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content. |
| ~ oil | a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water. |
| ~ resid, residual oil | oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled. |
adj. | 2. crude, rough | not carefully or expertly made.; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" |
| ~ unskilled | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency.; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" |
adj. | 3. crude, earthy, gross, vulgar | 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" |
| ~ indecent | offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters.; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" |
adj. | 4. crude, unprocessed, unrefined | not refined or processed.; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" |
adj. | 5. crude, primitive, rude | 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" |
| ~ early | being or occurring at an early stage of development.; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" |
adj. | 6. blunt, crude, stark | devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" |
| ~ unconditional, unconditioned | not conditional.; "unconditional surrender" |
adj. | 7. crude, raw | not processed or subjected to analysis.; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" |
| ~ unanalyzed | not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination.; "an unanalyzed compound"; "unanalyzed data" |
raw | | |
n. (state) | 1. altogether, birthday suit, raw | informal terms for nakedness.; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" |
| ~ nakedness, nudeness, nudity | the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind. |
adj. | 2. natural, raw, rude | (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes.; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" |
| ~ unprocessed | not altered from an original or natural state.; "unprocessed commodities" |
adj. | 3. raw | having the surface exposed and painful.; "a raw wound" |
| ~ injured | harmed.; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings" |
adj. | 4. raw | not treated with heat to prepare it for eating. |
| ~ underdone, half-baked | insufficiently cooked. |
| ~ rare | (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside.; "rare roast beef" |
| ~ uncooked | not cooked. |
| ~ untoasted | not having been browned by exposure to heat. |
adj. | 5. raw | not processed or refined.; "raw sewage" |
| ~ untreated | not subjected to chemical or physical treatment.; "an untreated fabric" |
adj. | 6. naked, raw | devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure.; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" |
| ~ overt, open | open and observable; not secret or hidden.; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots" |
adj. | 7. raw | brutally unfair or harsh.; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" |
| ~ unfair, unjust | not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception.; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" |
adj. | 8. raw | untempered and unrefined.; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" |
| ~ unpolished | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing.; "dull unpolished shoes" |
adj. | 9. raw, sensitive, sore, tender | hurting.; "the tender spot on his jaw" |
| ~ painful | causing physical or psychological pain.; "worked with painful slowness" |
adj. | 10. bleak, cutting, raw | unpleasantly cold and damp.; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" |
| ~ cold | having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration.; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" |
adj. | 11. raw, unsanded | used of wood and furniture.; "raw wood" |
| ~ unfinished | not brought to the desired final state. |
adj. | 12. new, raw | lacking training or experience.; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" |
| ~ inexperienced, inexperient | lacking practical experience or training. |
adj. | 13. bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, raw, stark naked | (used informally) completely unclothed. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ unclothed | not wearing clothing. |
uncooked | | |
adj. | 1. uncooked | not cooked. |
| ~ raw | not treated with heat to prepare it for eating. |
unripe | | |
adj. | 1. green, immature, unripe, unripened | not fully developed or mature; not ripe.; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" |
| ~ unaged | not subjected to an aging process.; "vodka is an unaged liquor from Russia" |
adj. | 2. unripe | not fully prepared. |
| ~ unready | not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond.; "she cursed her unready tongue" |
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