refined
Use Refined in a sentence
adjective
1.
having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.
2.
freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.: refined taste.
3.
freed from impurities: refined sugar.
4.
very subtle, precise, or exact: refined distinctions.
Related forms
nɪd re·fin·ed·ness, noun
half-re·fined, adjective
non·re·fined, adjective
qua·si-re·fined, adjective
sem·i·re·fined, adjective
su·per·re·fined, adjective
ul·tra·re·fined, adjective
well-re·fined, adjective
Synonyms
1. cultivated, polished, polite, courteous, civilized, courtly, genteel, elegant. 3. clarified, distilled, purified.
1. cultivated, polished, polite, courteous, civilized, courtly, genteel, elegant. 3. clarified, distilled, purified.
Antonyms
1. rude, coarse, crude.
1. rude, coarse, crude.
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verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 1.
to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
2.
to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured.
3.
to bring to a finer state or form by purifying.
8.
refine onupon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.: to refine on one's previous work.
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refine (rɪˈfaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by out) | |
| 1. | to make or become free from impurities, sediment, or other foreign matter; purify |
| 2. | (tr) to separate (a mixture) into pure constituents, as in an oil refinery |
| 3. | to make or become free from coarse characteristics; make or become elegant or polished |
| 4. | to remove (something impure or extraneous) |
| 5. | (intr |
| 6. | (tr) to make (language) more subtle or polished |
| [C16: from | |
| re'finable | |
| —adj | |
| refined (rɪˈfaɪnd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite |
| 2. | subtle; discriminating |
| 3. | freed from impurities; purified |
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Word Origin & History
refine
1582, of metals, 1588 of manners, from re-, intensive prefix + obs. fine (v.) "make fine," from fine (adj.) "delicate" (q.v.). Cf. Fr. raffiner, It. raffinare, Sp. refinar. General and fig. sense is recorded from 1596; of sugar, from 1613. Refinery in various senses is first
recorded 1727. Refinement "act or process of refining" is from 1611; meaning "fineness of feeling" is from 1708.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
refine re·fine (rĭ-fīn')
v. re·fined, re·fin·ing, re·fines
To reduce to a pure state; purify.
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Example sentences
Relying on chemistry instead of torque and heat, the relaxer seemed more worldly, more civilized and refined.
That's also how she refined her aesthetic, often defying buyers' demands and listening to brides instead.
In our own times, the techniques of interrogation have been refined by psychologists and criminologists, by soldiers and spies.
Silver, on the other hand, comes mixed with other minerals and must be smelted and refined.
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