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| Sounds | rahfay'n; rihfay'n |
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| Rhymes | airline, align, aline, and 138 more rhymes in ayn... |
| Meaning | Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "refine one's style of writing" |
| Synonyms | polish, fine-tune, down |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
| Narrower | overrefine, over-refine; educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise |
| Nouns | refinement; refiner; refinement |
| Meaning | Make more complex, intricate, or richer. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "refine a design or pattern" |
| Synonyms | complicate, rarify, elaborate |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | involve; develop; sophisticate |
| Meaning | Treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" |
| Broader | process, treat |
| Nouns | refinery; refiner; refinement |
| Meaning | Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state. Separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "refine sugar" |
| Synonyms | rectify |
| Broader | purify, sublimate, make pure, distill |
| Nouns | refiner; refining, refinement |
| Meaning | Attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet" |
| Broader | attenuate |
| Meaning | Make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation" |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Nouns | refinement |
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