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crude [kru:d]1. adjectivea. ( = vulgar) grossierb. ( = rudimentary) rudimentaire ; [drawing] schématique• a crude kind of... une forme grossière de...2. nounbrut m3. compounds* * *[kruːd] 1. 2.1) ( rough) [method] rudimentaire; [estimate] approximatif/-ive2) ( coarse) [person, manners] fruste; [attempt, expression] grossier/-ière3) (vulgar, rude) [language, joke] grossier/-ière; [person] vulgaire4) ( unprocessed) [rubber, statistic] brut -
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B adj2 ( unsophisticated) [person, manners] fruste ; [attempt, belief, metaphor, expression] grossier/-ière ;3 (vulgar, rude) [laughter, language, joke] grossier/-ière ; [person] vulgaire ;4 (raw, unprocessed) [rubber, ore, data, statistic] brut ; crude oil pétrole m brut ; crude birth rate taux m brut de natalité. -
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refine [rɪˈfaɪn]a. [+ crude oil, sugar] raffinerb. [+ theory, technique, process] affiner ; [+ model, engine] perfectionner* * *[rɪ'faɪn]transitive verb1) Industry raffiner [oil, sugar etc]2) ( improve) peaufiner [theory]; raffiner [manners]; affiner [method, taste, language]
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crude — 01. An oil refinery serves to make gasoline from [crude] oil. 02. The guy is really [crude], so the women in the office really hate him. 03. The prisoner made a [crude] weapon out of parts from his bed frame. 04. The [crudely] made bomb exploded… … Grammatical examples in English
crude — [[t]kru͟ːd[/t]] cruder, crudest, crudes 1) ADJ GRADED A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way. Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but crude way of… … English dictionary
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language — n. linguistic system of communication 1) to use a language 2) to plan; standardize a language 3) to learn, master a language 4) to speak (in) a language 5) to butcher, murder; enrich; purify a language 6) (the) spoken; written language 7) one s… … Combinatory dictionary
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