Definitions
1.verbTo purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities."to refine gold"
2.verbTo become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
3.verbTo purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish."a refined style"
4.verbTo improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
5.verbTo make nice or subtle."to refine someone's language"
6.nounThe 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."
7.adjectivePrecise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
8.adjectiveCultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
9.adjectivePurified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
10.adjective(of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.