refining

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English

Definitions

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.

noun

Refinement (process of refining)

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Synonyms

refinement enhancement extraction fine-tune development enhance streamlining transformation sophistication improvement improved improve improving adjusting upgrading adjustment

Associated

petrochemical refinery csr smelting crude petroleum ores kerosene refined sugar oil milling

Rhymes

silver lining shining streamlining reclining pining declining defining combining undermining designing

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