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Adjective: refined ri'fInd- (used of persons and their behaviour) cultivated and genteel
"she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" - Freed from impurities by processing
"refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"
- processed - Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
- polished, svelte, urbane - Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
- elegant, graceful - Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
- neat, tasteful
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"
See also: civilised [Brit], civilized, couth, cultivated, cultured, dainty, debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, delicate, elegant, fastidious, finespun, genteel, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, gracious, ladylike, mincing, niminy-piminy, overrefined, patrician, polished, polite, prim, refinement, refiner, refinery, sophisticated, suave, superfine, twee [Brit], well-bred, well-mannered Type of: alter, ameliorate, amend, attenuate, better, change, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer], improve, make pure, meliorate, modify, process, purify, sublimate, treat Antonym: unrefined Encyclopedia: Refine |