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refine English

Meaning refine meaning

What does refine mean?
Definitions in simple English

refine Verb

— When someone refines something, they make it better. We need to refine our way of organizing this office. — When people refine a food or other thing, they make it purer. They take sugar cane and refine it to make white sugar.

refine

— verb (= polish) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing refine one's style of writing — verb make more complex, intricate, or richer refine a design or pattern — verb make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of refine a method of analysis refine the constant in the equation — verb attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet — verb treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition refine paper stock refine pig iron refine oil — verb reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities refine sugar

Synonyms refine synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as refine?

refine English » English

purify improve polish perfect filter clarify cleanse civilize humanize educate distill cultivate tame smelt ennoble elaborate distil clear better temper revise refining rectify rarify process turn around strain sift reform refinement rarefy purge percolate make pure groom fumigate fine-tune fine embellish elevate down disinfect defecate debug complicate clean work on work further work at winding up

Topics refine topics

What do people use refine to talk about?
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with oil and gas

  • What words refer to refining oil?
    refine
Physical actions Arrange Mix

Pure, unmixed

  • What words refer to making something pure by removing other things from it?
    purify distill refine

Conjugation refine conjugation

How do you conjugate refine?

refine · verb

Examples refine examples

How do I use refine in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Could you refine it a little and tell me in effect what it says?
We refine it.
General. - Ann. refine polarization. give us a quick scan.
Refine the focus.
Can't you refine it?
I mean, they'd have to smuggle it out of the country, refine it into heroin, and then smuggle it back. That's a long, rough road, Mac, and a lot more tourists than it's worth. And most important. time.
I walked by, gave yours a glance, it didn't look right. so I just figured I'd refine it a little.
To refine the tonic by himself!
You give me 6500, and I'll refine it to number four right here myself.
We can disembarc, refine and deliver the goods to Milan.
They refine narcotics.
It helps to focus thought and refine mental control.
Each night we revise it, refine it, in order to learn.
We didn't have enough boronite ore left to synthesize more, but the knowledge we gained allowed us to. refine our theories.
More, I can - I can educate her, refine her to a great lady.
Chinese libertines are pure hedonists for whom love is a pleasure which they seek to refine.
When I have found it, I will refine it and YOU will play our game.
I just see normal activity,over there sir canon will command's fireing 7.30 sex rounde of piece to refine the ranch.
You take the raw orb, then you have to refine it.
And you don't have to refine water.
You know we can't control the quality unless we refine it to stage four ourselves.
Because he will have had time to refine notjust how he kills but also how he escapes detection.
Each night, we revise it, refine it. in order to learn.
Television can refine into perfection and virtually replace. all the traditional forms of spectacle.
I see, You have rather refine taste.
You have to find the raw jewel inside And spend the time to polish and refine it.
It's high-grade, easy to refine.
Now, I'm going to suggest to the Summer Soft people to scale back to a limited release of the product in the mid-Atlantic states, where we can refine the product on the basis of extensive.
Refine lies until they resemble truth?
No matter how much I refine my knowledge, the truth is, there is no voice.
So we practiced calligraphy every day, in the hope that it would refine our skills, and increase our power.
Let's not refine on it, let's not make it too big a deal.

News and current affairs

And many policymakers view Australia's G-20 chairmanship as an opportunity to re-energize and refine the group's mission to boost global growth, create jobs, and raise living standards.
Though now better off than they have ever been in material terms, the Chinese people under the current regime are denied any real opportunity to retain and refine their own dignity beyond the quest for wealth and luxury goods.
As often happens with innovative models, others adopt them, and, as in the Spanish case, improve and refine them.
With scientists working tirelessly to refine such technologies, the public must become more knowledgeable about their socioeconomic implications.
That process - setting clear goals, picking the right approach, and then measuring results to get feedback and refine the approach continually -helps us to deliver tools and services to everybody who will benefit.
On the contrary, they continue to refine their arsenals, while countries without nuclear weapons want them, believing that the nuclear club's monopoly is a threat to the world peace.
It is reasonable to suspect that gold medals now go not to those who are drug-free, but to those who most successfully refine their drug use for maximum enhancement without detection.
Oil companies still drill for and refine petroleum, and principally sell gasoline and diesel fuel.
Brazil, for its part, has indicated willingness to refine its proposals to make them more workable and broadly acceptable.

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