refining

Meaning

refine

  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.

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Synonyms

purification
25k
smelting
44k
refine
32k
refinement
29k
polishing
C2
smelt
C2
purifying
40k
tempering
cleansing
C2
try out
cupellation
defaecation
abstract
C2

making perfect

breeding
C1
consecrating
electrorefining
filtering
32k
filtration
40k
straining
C2
temper
B2
thinning
34k
Translations

raffinage
raffinazione
refinación

διύλιση

refinatge

refinação
Raffination

διαύγαση

تنقية

ραφινάρισμα

purification

verfeinernd

εξευγενισμός

refinament

Frequency

38k

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