REFINE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make more complex, intricate, or richer
   Synonym(s)
   • complicate (what does complicate mean?)
   • elaborate (what does elaborate mean?)
   • rarify (what does rarify mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • refine a design or pattern
   Hypernyms(s) refine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • involve (what does involve mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • sophisticate (what does sophisticate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • elaborateness (what does elaborateness mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • intricacy (what does intricacy mean?)
   • involution (what does involution mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • working out (what does working out mean?)
   • complicatedness (what does complicatedness mean?)
   • complication (what does complication mean?)
   • knottiness (what does knottiness mean?)
   • complication (what does complication mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
   Usage Example(s)
   • refine a method of analysis
   • refine the constant in the equation
   Hypernyms(s) refine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • nuance (what does nuance mean?)
   • nicety (what does nicety mean?)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • subtlety (what does subtlety mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
3. Meaning
   • attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
   Usage Example(s)
   • many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet
   Hypernyms(s) refine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attenuate (what does attenuate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   Synonym(s)
   • down (what does down mean?)
   • fine-tune (what does fine-tune mean?)
   • polish (what does polish mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • refine one’’s style of writing
   Hypernyms(s) refine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • better (what does better mean?)
   • improve (what does improve mean?)
   • amend (what does amend mean?)
   • ameliorate (what does ameliorate mean?)
   • meliorate (what does meliorate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overrefine (what does overrefine mean?)
   • over-refine (what does over-refine mean?)
   • educate (what does educate mean?)
   • school (what does school mean?)
   • train (what does train mean?)
   • cultivate (what does cultivate mean?)
   • civilize (what does civilize mean?)
   • civilise (what does civilise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • polish (what does polish mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • culture (what does culture mean?)
   • cultivation (what does cultivation mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • refiner (what does refiner mean?)
   • polish (what does polish mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • culture (what does culture mean?)
   • cultivation (what does cultivation mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
5. Meaning
   • reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state
   • separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
   Synonym(s)
   • rectify (what does rectify mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • refine sugar
   Hypernyms(s) refine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • purify (what does purify mean?)
   • sublimate (what does sublimate mean?)
   • make pure (what does make pure mean?)
   • distill (what does distill mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rectification (what does rectification mean?)
   • refining (what does refining mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • purification (what does purification mean?)
   • refiner (what does refiner mean?)
   • refining (what does refining mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • purification (what does purification mean?)
6. Meaning
   • treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
   Usage Example(s)
   • refine paper stock
   • refine pig iron
   • refine oil
   Hypernyms(s) refine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   • treat (what does treat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • refining (what does refining mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • purification (what does purification mean?)
   • refiner (what does refiner mean?)
   • refinery (what does refinery mean?)