REFINED
/ɹiːfaɪnd/
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Definition
/ɹiːfaɪnd/
verb
- To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.“to refine gold”
- To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.“a refined style”
- To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- To make nice or subtle.“to refine someone's language”
noun
- The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.“We're still purchasing copper ore, but the market for refined is weaker.”
adjective
- Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
- Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
- Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
- (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
Source: Wiktionary
