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Refined

verb
/ɹiːfaɪnd/
Word Frequency: 7.3

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.

Synonyms

sophisticatedcouthcultivatedculturedwell-manneredpolitesuperfineneaturbanegraciousprimgenteel

Rhymes With

kindconfinedopinedinclinedmindunrefinedintertwinedgrind
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