CRUDE
What does "CRUDE" mean?
In a raw or natural state, or rough and unrefined in manner or workmanship.
Meanings
- In a raw or natural state, not processed or refined. The refinery turns crude oil into gasoline.
- Rough, basic, and lacking finish or sophistication. They built a crude shelter from branches and a tarp.
- Vulgar, rude, or offensively coarse. He ruined dinner with a string of crude jokes.
- Unrefined petroleum. The price of crude spiked after the pipeline closed.
Did you know?
- 'Crude' and 'cruel' grew from the same Latin root meaning raw or bloody ('crudus' / 'cruor') - the unrefined and the heartless are linguistic cousins.
Word origin
From Latin 'crudus' (raw, bloody, uncooked), related to 'cruor' (blood) and to the same root behind 'raw' and 'cruel'; the core idea is something unprocessed.
Remember it
CRUDE is RUDE with a C in front - the rough manner and the rough oil share the same raw core.
A little poem
What the earth gives up is black and unrefined;
the work of refining is the work of the mind.
couplet
Wordplay
- I told the oil baron his manners were crude. He said yes - and worth ninety dollars a barrel.
What it teaches
Crude is not worthless - it is only unfinished: every refined thing was once raw and waiting.
Quick facts
What does CRUDE mean?
In a raw or natural state, or rough and unrefined in manner or workmanship.
Is CRUDE a valid word?
Yes — CRUDE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRUDE?
CRUDE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CRUDE come from?
From Latin 'crudus' (raw, bloody, uncooked), related to 'cruor' (blood) and to the same root behind 'raw' and 'cruel'; the core idea is something unprocessed.
What can CRUDE teach us?
Crude is not worthless - it is only unfinished: every refined thing was once raw and waiting.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.