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Noun refining has 1 sense
- refining, refinement, purification - the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
--1 is a kind of processing
--1 has particulars: rectification
Verb refine has 6 senses
- polish, refine, fine-tune, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
--1 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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- complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate - make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- refine - treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"
--3 is one way to process, treat
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- refine, rectify - reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"
--4 is one way to purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
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- refine - attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
--5 is one way to attenuate
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- refine - make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
--6 is one way to change, alter, modify
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