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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•fined /rɪˈfaɪnd/USA pronunciation adj. - fastidious;
delicate:refined manners. - freed from impurities:refined sugar.
- very exact:refined measurements.
See -fin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•fined (ri fīnd′),USA pronunciation adj. - having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.:refined people.
- freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.:refined taste.
- freed from impurities:refined sugar.
- very subtle, precise, or exact:refined distinctions.
re•fin•ed•ly (ri fī′nid lē, -fīnd′-),USA pronunciation adv. re•fin′ed•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cultivated, polished, polite, courteous, civilized, courtly, genteel, elegant.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clarified, distilled, purified.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rude, coarse, crude.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: refined /rɪˈfaɪnd/ adj - not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite
- subtle; discriminating
- freed from impurities; purified
re•fine /rɪˈfaɪn/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -fined, -fin•ing. - to separate (something) from impure substances:to refine oil.
- to bring (something) to a finer state or form by purifying, polishing, changing, or making it more precise:to refine a theory.
See -fin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•fine (ri fīn′),USA pronunciation v., -fined, -fin•ing. v.t. - to bring to a fine or a pure state;
free from impurities:to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum. - to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing;
make elegant or cultured. - to bring to a finer state or form by purifying.
- to make more fine, subtle, or precise:to refine one's writing style.
v.i. - to become pure.
- to become more fine, elegant, or polished.
- to make fine distinctions in thought or language.
- refine on or upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:to refine on one's previous work.
re•fin′a•ble, adj. re•fin′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: refine /rɪˈfaɪn/ vb - to make or become free from impurities, sediment, or other foreign matter; purify
- (transitive) to separate (a mixture) into pure constituents, as in an oil refinery
- to make or become free from coarse characteristics; make or become elegant or polished
- (transitive) often followed by out: to remove (something impure or extraneous)
- (intr; often followed by on or upon) to enlarge or improve (upon) by making subtle or fine distinctions
- (transitive) to make (language) more subtle or polished
Etymology: 16th Century: from re- + fine1reˈfinable adj |