1.In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. "Common crude salt." "Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials."
2.Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature. "I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude."
3.Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. "Crude projects." "Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition." "The originals of Nature in their crude Conception."
4.Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. "Crude and inconcoct."
5.Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
6.(Paint.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.