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Etymology: [ ri-'fIn ] (verb.) 1582. From re- + fine.
Synonyms: clarify, cleanse, distill, filter, process, rarefy, strain, better, civilize, cultivate, elevate, explain, hone, improve, make clear, round, sleek, slick, smooth
Antonyms: corrupt, dirty, pollute, damage, ruin

To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings, To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence, To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar, To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter, To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language, reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar", treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil, make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern", treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil", To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings, To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar, To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language, make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation" 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" reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil, 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", make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation", When a substance is refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it. Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities. + refining re·fin·ing oil refining, purify, filter, distill; cultivate, civilize, improve one's manners or style, In magnesium melting practice, the removal of magnesium oxide and other suspended non-metallic matter by use of flux that preferentially wets the impurities and carries them to the bottom of the pot as sludge, The term refine is a keyword that signifies a refinement, improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing", To narrow the focus of a search by including more search terms, limiters, and/or Boolean operators In AltaVista, the Refine feature offers menu choices which help you narrow the focus of your search, An operation that lets you fine-tune existing connections, moving the point of connection down to a constituent item, To alter a search in order to retrieve fewer hits The use of the Boolean operator "and" refines a search This is also known as "limiting" and "narrowing" a search, If something such as a process, theory, or machine is refined, it is improved by having small changes made to it. Surgical techniques are constantly being refined. = improve, To process for consumption, affine, Simple past tense and past participle of refine, Without impurities, Showing or having good feelings or good taste, Not vulgar, An absence of coarseness, the process of purification of a substance, Present participle of refine, purified, filtered, distilled; cultivated, civilized, having fine manners or style, past of refine, made pure, freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare, If you say that someone is refined, you mean that they are very polite and have good manners and good taste. refined and well-dressed ladies = genteel, Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments, A refined substance has been made pure by having other substances removed from it. refined sugar, If you describe a machine or a process as refined, you mean that it has been carefully developed and is therefore very efficient or elegant. This technique is becoming more refined and more acceptable all the time, used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste", showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters", Term for well-balanced wines Mostly refers to reds, such as Zinfandel, that normally turn "powerful" in the barrel Almost a synonym for "elegant", free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset", Term for well-balanced wines Mostly refers to reds, such as Zinfandel, which normally turn "powerful" in the barrel Almost a synonym for "elegant", suggesting taste, ease, and wealth, (a) The removal of impurities and metallic oxides from the molten bath by the reaction of the slag and other additions (b) A heat treatment process with the object of refining or making the grain size of the steel uniform, Mechanical treatment of fibers to enhance bonding, the separation of the pure sugar from the impurities - invert sugars, inorganic matter, organic salts, gums, waxes, sugar lice and bacteria, After distillation the hydrocarbons still contain compounds with sulphur as well as other contaminants They are removed in subsequent refining by chemical-physical processes to improve quality, The process of converting crude oil into usable fuel products, the process of removing impurities as from oil or metals or sugar etc, Process designed to substantially remove free fatty acids and other impurities such as phosphatides, proteinaceous and mucilagenous substances, which could contribute to undesirable flavor and appearance in the finished product, The process of removing the precious metals from the alloying metals to improve the purity of the precious metals, The final stage of metal production in which impurities are removed from the molten metal, the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc ), purification, filtration, distillation; act of making civilized, cultivation, improvement of manners or style, series of processes for converting crude oil and its fractions to finished petroleum products Following distillation, a petroleum fraction may undergo one or more additional steps to purify or modify it These refining steps include: thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, hydroforming, hydrogenation, hydrogen treating, hydrofinishing, solvent extraction, dewaxing, de-oiling, acid treating, clay filtration, and de-asphalting Refined lube oils may be blended with other lube stocks, and additives may be incorporated, to impart special properties; refined naphthas may be blended with alkylates, cracked stock or reformates to improve octane number and other properties of gasolines, Purifying the matte or impure metal undertaken to obtain a pure metal or mixture with specific properties, A manufacturing process through which crude oil is turned into usable fuels and other products, Manufacturing petroleum products by a series of processes that separate crude oil into its major components and blend or convert these components into a wide range of finished products, such as gasoline or jet fuel, The process of reducing crude ore to its mineral or metal; such as gold sulfide to gold, A second stage of oil production where crude oils (and this includes all vegetable oils) are subjected to combinations of heat, chemicals or enzyme treatments to correct problems of smell, discoloration or contamination, A step in the collective creation process during which choices are made and episodes are shaped and connected,

1 To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings     ts
2 To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence     ts
3 To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar     ts
4 To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter     ts
5 To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language     ts
6 reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"     ts
7 treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil     ts
8 make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"     ts
9 treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"     ts
10 To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings     ts
11 To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar     ts
12 To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language     ts
13 make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation" 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" reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil     ts
14 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"     ts
15 make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"     ts
16 When a substance is refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it. Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities. + refining re·fin·ing oil refining     ts
17 purify, filter, distill; cultivate, civilize, improve one's manners or style  fiil     ts
18 In magnesium melting practice, the removal of magnesium oxide and other suspended non-metallic matter by use of flux that preferentially wets the impurities and carries them to the bottom of the pot as sludge     ts
19 The term refine is a keyword that signifies a refinement     ts
20 improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"     ts
21 To narrow the focus of a search by including more search terms, limiters, and/or Boolean operators In AltaVista, the Refine feature offers menu choices which help you narrow the focus of your search     ts
22 An operation that lets you fine-tune existing connections, moving the point of connection down to a constituent item     ts
23 To alter a search in order to retrieve fewer hits The use of the Boolean operator "and" refines a search This is also known as "limiting" and "narrowing" a search     ts
24 If something such as a process, theory, or machine is refined, it is improved by having small changes made to it. Surgical techniques are constantly being refined. = improve     ts
25 To process for consumption     ts
26To refine. affine     ts
27refined Simple past tense and past participle of refine - "The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene."     ts
28refined Without impurities - "The sugar was refined, not gritty."     ts
29refined Showing or having good feelings or good taste - "Ozzie and Harriet are refined people."     ts
30refined Not vulgar     ts
31refined An absence of coarseness     ts
32refining the process of purification of a substance     ts
33refining Present participle of refine     ts
34refined purified, filtered, distilled; cultivated, civilized, having fine manners or style  sıfat     ts
35refined past of refine     ts
36refined made pure     ts
37refined freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare     ts
38refined If you say that someone is refined, you mean that they are very polite and have good manners and good taste. refined and well-dressed ladies = genteel     ts
39refined Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments     ts
40refined A refined substance has been made pure by having other substances removed from it. refined sugar     ts
41refined If you describe a machine or a process as refined, you mean that it has been carefully developed and is therefore very efficient or elegant. This technique is becoming more refined and more acceptable all the time     ts
42refined used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"     ts
43refined showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"     ts
44refined Term for well-balanced wines Mostly refers to reds, such as Zinfandel, that normally turn "powerful" in the barrel Almost a synonym for "elegant"     ts
45refined free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"     ts
46refined Term for well-balanced wines Mostly refers to reds, such as Zinfandel, which normally turn "powerful" in the barrel Almost a synonym for "elegant"     ts
47refined suggesting taste, ease, and wealth     ts
48refining (a) The removal of impurities and metallic oxides from the molten bath by the reaction of the slag and other additions (b) A heat treatment process with the object of refining or making the grain size of the steel uniform     ts
49refining Mechanical treatment of fibers to enhance bonding     ts
50refining the separation of the pure sugar from the impurities - invert sugars, inorganic matter, organic salts, gums, waxes, sugar lice and bacteria     ts
51refining After distillation the hydrocarbons still contain compounds with sulphur as well as other contaminants They are removed in subsequent refining by chemical-physical processes to improve quality     ts
52refining The process of converting crude oil into usable fuel products     ts
53refining the process of removing impurities as from oil or metals or sugar etc     ts
54refining Process designed to substantially remove free fatty acids and other impurities such as phosphatides, proteinaceous and mucilagenous substances, which could contribute to undesirable flavor and appearance in the finished product     ts
55refining The process of removing the precious metals from the alloying metals to improve the purity of the precious metals     ts
56refining The final stage of metal production in which impurities are removed from the molten metal     ts
57refining the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc )     ts
58refining purification, filtration, distillation; act of making civilized, cultivation, improvement of manners or style  isim     ts
59refining series of processes for converting crude oil and its fractions to finished petroleum products Following distillation, a petroleum fraction may undergo one or more additional steps to purify or modify it These refining steps include: thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, hydroforming, hydrogenation, hydrogen treating, hydrofinishing, solvent extraction, dewaxing, de-oiling, acid treating, clay filtration, and de-asphalting Refined lube oils may be blended with other lube stocks, and additives may be incorporated, to impart special properties; refined naphthas may be blended with alkylates, cracked stock or reformates to improve octane number and other properties of gasolines     ts
60refining Purifying the matte or impure metal undertaken to obtain a pure metal or mixture with specific properties     ts
61refining A manufacturing process through which crude oil is turned into usable fuels and other products     ts
62refining Manufacturing petroleum products by a series of processes that separate crude oil into its major components and blend or convert these components into a wide range of finished products, such as gasoline or jet fuel     ts
63refining The process of reducing crude ore to its mineral or metal; such as gold sulfide to gold     ts
64refining A second stage of oil production where crude oils (and this includes all vegetable oils) are subjected to combinations of heat, chemicals or enzyme treatments to correct problems of smell, discoloration or contamination     ts
65refining A step in the collective creation process during which choices are made and episodes are shaped and connected     ts
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