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- pronunciation:
- rih
faIn
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
refines, refining, refined |
| definition 1: |
When you refine something, you make it pure, or you make it into smaller bits, by taking away things that you don't want.
Raw cane juice is refined to make sugar.When you see wheat flour that is very white, you know that the flour has been refined. Brown bits called "bran" have been taken away from it. Sometimes makers of flour don't refine the flour. Then the flour is more brown.- synonyms:
- purify
- similar words:
- clean, filter, process, sift, strain, treat
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| definition 2: |
When you refine something, you make it more perfect.
Mrs. Smith speaks French quite well, but she want to refine her pronunciation.- similar words:
- improve, perfect, polish, purify
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| related words: |
concentrate |
| derivations: |
refined (adj.), refiner (n.) |
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