{
    "term": "crude",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in its natural state, before it has been processed or refined",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**crude oil/metal**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not changed or corrected",
            "labels": "(statistics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the crude mortality rate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We adjusted crude effects for age, education, height and weight."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "offensive or rude, especially about sex",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**crude jokes/language**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "simple and not very accurate but giving a general idea of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**In crude terms**, a heart attack is a plumbing problem in blood vessels around the heart."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "simply made, not showing much skill or attention to detail",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a crude drawing of a face"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kruːd/",
                "audio": "cr/crude/crude__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kruːd/",
                "audio": "cr/crude/crude__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin crudus ‘raw, rough’."
}