English
Etymology
From re- + fine#Verb|fine.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ɹɪ�faɪn/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪn|-aɪn
Verb
en-verb|refin|ing
#To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
#To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
#To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
#To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
#To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
Translations
Catalan: refinar (1,2,3,4)
Dutch: verfijnen
Finnish: jalostaa (1,2,4)
French: raffiner, affiner, perfectionner
Portuguese: refinar
fr:refine
io:refine
simple:refine
te:refine
vi:refine
tr:refine
zh:refine
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