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refined
Verb
  • ∙ simple past tense and past participle of refine
Adjective
  • ∙ Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
    • ∙ Sagacious, sometimes oversubtle or feigning sagacity. pejorative
    • ∙ Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out. of thought
    • ∙ Developed, improved. of processes
  • ∙ Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
    • ∙ Elevated and polished. of language
    • ∙ Elegant, sometimes affected, prissy, or bloodless. pejorative
  • ∙ Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
    • ∙ Highly-processed and pure. of products
    • ∙ Free of dross or alloy. of metal
    • ∙ Morally pure. of people, obsolete
  • ∙ Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum. of a market
Noun
  • ∙ The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form. finance
refine
Verb
  • ∙ 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 purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish.
  • ∙ To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
  • ∙ To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
  • ∙ To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language.