refine /ri-fīnˈ/

1. To purify
2. To clarify
3. (usu with out) to get rid of (impurities, etc) by a purifying process
4. To free from coarseness, vulgarity or crudity
5. To make more cultured

1. To become more fine, pure, subtle or cultured
2. To apply or affect subtlety or nicety
3. To improve by adding refinement or subtlety (with on or upon)

refinedˈ adjective

refinˈedly adverb

1. In a refined manner
2. With affected elegance

refinˈedness noun

refineˈment noun

1. The act or practice of refining
2. State of being refined
3. Culture in feelings, taste and manners
4. An improvement
5. A subtlety
6. An excessive nicety

refinˈer noun

• trough faults
• troughing and peaking
• troughs
• trough shell
• trough shells
• troule
• trou-madame
• trounce
• trounced
• trouncer
• trouncers
• trounces
• trouncing
• trouncings
• troupe
• trouped
• trouper
• troupers
• troupes
• troupial
• troupials
• trouping
• trous-de-loup
• trouse
• trouser