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Verb: refine ri'fIn- Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one's style of writing"
- polish, fine-tune, down - Make more complex, intricate, or richer
"refine a design or pattern"
- complicate, rarify, elaborate - Treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
"refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" - Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"
- rectify - Attenuate or reduce in vigour, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
"many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet" - Make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
"refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
Derived forms: refined, refines, refining See also: refinement, refiner, refinery Type of: alter, ameliorate, amend, attenuate, better, change, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer], improve, make pure, meliorate, modify, process, purify, sublimate, treat Encyclopedia: Refine |