Crude - English meaning

adjective

Forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental.

Usage examples:

Certain basic rules must be obeyed

noun

The essential facts or principles of a subject or skill.

Usage examples:

I learnt the basics of programming on a course

noun

A simple high-level computer programming language that uses familiar english words, designed for beginners and formerly used widely.

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You could write your own software in the basic programming language

adjective

Dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent.

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Brothers and sisters should avoid one another in public and refrain from telling bawdy jokes or mak…

noun

Humorously indecent talk or writing.

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His wonderful wit greatly delighted contemporary readers, most of whom were not worried by bawdy, t…

adjective

Containing humorous remarks about sex

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Bawdy humour/songs

adjective

Rough and bad-mannered; coarse.

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Boorish behaviour

adjective

Rude and not considering other people's feelings

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I found him rather boorish and aggressive., the boorish behaviour of some tourists is embarrassing.

adjective

Rough or harsh in texture.

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A coarse woollen cloth

adjective

Rough and not smooth or soft

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Coarse hair, coarse linen shirts, now and then coarse laughter broke out., our recipe calls for coa…

adjective

Having much or varied colour; bright.

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A colourful array of fruit

adjective

Having bright colours or a lot of different colours

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A colourful painting, colourful costumes, a colourful character, the town, of course, has a very co…

adjective

Showing no intelligence or sensitivity.

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The crass assumptions that men make about women

adjective

Resembling or suggestive of earth or soil.

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An earthy smell

adjective

Enjoying and being honest or clear about things connected to life, such as the body and emotions

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Some readers may not like his earthy humor., the cabin has an earthy smell.

adjective

Simple and unsophisticated.

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Homespun philosophy

noun

Homespun cloth.

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Clad in homespun

adjective

Created and performed spontaneously or without preparation; impromptu.

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An improvised short speech

verb

Create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation.

Usage examples:

He invited actors to improvise dialogue

verb

Past simple and past participle of improvise

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I hadn't prepared a speech so i suddenly had to improvise., we improvised a mattress from a pile of…

adjective

Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters.

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Indecent acts

adjective

Morally offensive, esp. in a sexual way

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Indecent language is not allowed on the radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., [ u ] the network receive…

adjective

Having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact.

Usage examples:

Forgive me asking an indelicate question, but how are you off for money?

adjective

Crude and offensive in a sexual way.

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She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song

adjective

(esp. of behavior or speech) sexual in an obvious and socially unacceptable way

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Lewd remarks

adjective

Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

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The ruler's tyrannical and licentious behaviour

adjective

(especially of a person or their behaviour) sexual in an uncontrolled and socially unacceptable way

idiom

To manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like

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We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes., you can't make him go if he doesn't want to., t…

adjective

Acting as an interim and temporary measure.

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Arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed

noun

A temporary substitute or device.

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We're looking at a matchup between makeshifts on saturday.

adjective

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Usage examples:

Carrots contain a natural antiseptic

noun

A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity.

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She was a natural for television work

adverb

A person born with a learning disability.

adjective

(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.

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Obscene jokes

adjective

Offensive, rude, or disgusting according to accepted moral standards

adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.

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The allegations made are deeply offensive to us

noun

An attacking military campaign.

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An impending military offensive against the guerrillas

Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

adjective

Not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character.

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Good plain food

adverb

Used for emphasis.

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Perhaps the youth was just plain stupid

noun

A large area of flat land with few trees.

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The coastal plain

adjective

Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

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Primitive mammals

noun

A person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.

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Reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives

adjective

Displaying earthy humour; bawdy.

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The conversation was often highly rabelaisian

adjective

Lively, entertaining, and typically sexually titillating.

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The novel was considered rather racy at the time

adjective

Causing slight shock because sex is mentioned or suggested

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A racy story

adjective

(of food) not cooked.

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Raw eggs

adjective

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

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A ribald comment

adjective

Ribald language refers to sex in a rude but humorous way

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He entertained us with ribald stories.

adjective

Slightly indecent and liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive.

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His risqué humour

adjective

Slightly shocking, usually because of being connected with sex

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

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They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

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The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

Looking not finished or not smooth

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The students sang on a rough-hewn stage., the hero in the film is a rough-hewn detective.

adjective

Offensively impolite or bad-mannered.

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She had been rude to her boss

adjective

Behaving in a way that hurts other people’s feelings; not polite

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I apologized for ted’s rude behavior., i thought it was rude of him not to introduce me., i’ve live…

adjective

Involving or limited to basic principles.

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He received a rudimentary education

adjective

Only basic, and not deep or detailed

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She has only a rudimentary grasp of the language.

adjective

Having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters.

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Salacious stories

adjective

Causing or showing too much interest in sexual matters

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

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A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

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The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

adjective

Tending to suggest an idea.

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There were various suggestive pieces of evidence

adjective

Causing you to think about something

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They said they had no intention of hiding the facts, but their behavior was suggestive of the oppos…

adjective

Lacking flavour.

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The vegetables were watery and tasteless

adjective

Showing such bad judgment as to be offensive

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They received hundreds of complaints after he told a tasteless joke on tv., the soup was watery and…

adjective

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

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He is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time

adjective

(of a person or a person's behavior) rude and unpleasant

adjective

Not having been developed.

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Undeveloped coal reserves

adjective

(of a place or land) not built on or used for farming

adjective

Not developed, used, or advanced

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Rhum is the uk's largest undeveloped gas field., this ailment is common in undeveloped countries wi…

adjective

Not finished or concluded; incomplete.

Usage examples:

Her last novel is unfinished

adjective

Not finished or complete

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An unfinished apartment building in north hollywood caught fire shortly after midnight.

adjective

Without a definite form or shape.

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She packed the unformed butter into the mould

adjective

(of grain or seeds) not ground in a mill.

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Unmilled brown rice

adjective

(of grain, seeds, etc.) that has not been crushed into flour or powder

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They collected the grains of unmilled rice that had fallen on the floor., the highest concentration…

adjective

Not having a polished surface.

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His shoes were unpolished

adjective

Something that is unpolished has not been rubbed using a piece of cloth, a brush, or a machine to clean it and make it shine

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Prices for rough, unpolished diamonds have increased this year., his black shoes were unpolished an…

adjective

Not ready or able to deal with something.

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She was totally unprepared for what happened next

adjective

Not ready

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He was completely/totally unprepared for what he saw.

adjective

Not processed.

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Fresh, unprocessed food

adjective

Not having had any sort of chemical or industrial treatment in order to preserve it, or improve its taste or appearance

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There are ways to eat healthy, unprocessed food on a budget., alien species often arrive in unproce…

adjective

Not made pure.

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Unpurified water

adjective

Not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements.

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Unrefined sugar

adjective

In a natural state, without having been through a chemical or industrial process to remove unwanted parts; not refined

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Unrefined sugar

adjective

(of a patient, disease, or other condition) not given medical care.

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Untreated cholera can kill up to half of those infected

adjective

Not given medical treatment

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Depression is a very treatable disease but if left untreated it can be deadly., untreated wood/fabr…

adjective

Not cultivated, mined, or carved.

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Unworked fields

adjective

If an area of land is unworked, it has not been used for growing crops, or valuable substances have not been removed from it

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There are still some unworked areas of ground in the valley., the gold mines have been left unworke…

adjective

Lacking sophistication or good taste.

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A vulgar check suit