refine

Meaning

1. (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
2. (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
3. (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
4. (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
5. (transitive) To make nice or subtle.

Synonyms

purify

improve

polish

🇵🇱

perfect

filter

clarify

cleanse

civilize

distill

educate

cultivate

humanize

distil

tame

ennoble

elaborate

clear

better

smelt

rarify

temper

process

rectify

revise

refining

disinfect

clean

defecate

turn around

debug

strain

make pure

reform

rarefy

refinement

complicate

purge

sift

groom

embellish

elevate

fumigate

percolate

down

fine

fine-tune

define

cleaning up

brush up

defecation

Translations

refinar

raffinare

refinar

raffiner

refinar

raffineren

verfeinern

louteren

verfijnen

raffinieren

affiner

purificare

διυλίζω

pulir

🇵🇱

perfezionare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈfaɪn/

Etymology

From re- + fine.

Sentences

The refinery would refine bitumen into eight different products .