refine
refine
Definition
re·fine (ri fīn′)
transitive verb -·fined′, -·fin′·ing
- to make fine or pure; free from impurities, dross, alloy, sediment, etc.; purify; clarify
- to free from imperfection, coarseness, crudeness, etc.; make more elegant or cultivated; impart polish to
- to make more subtle or precise
intransitive verb
- to become fine or pure; become free from impurities, etc.
- to become more polished or elegant
- to use subtleties and fine distinctions in thinking or speaking
re·fin′er noun
refine on
or refine uponto improve, as by adding refinements
refine
Synonyms
refine
v.
refine
Usage Examples
Object
- search: To refine the search, add more words to narrow down.
- methodology: At the time of our second report, ONS was working on refining the methodology used to provide estimates of numbers in low pay.
- parameter: A background function should be included in the model, and its parameters refined.
- texture: Discover the Pore Refining Peel-off mask that eliminates your skins impurities and smoothes and refines the texture of your skin!
- mesh: Adaptive meshing automatically refines meshes in high stress areas without the rest of the mesh having to be refined.
- technique: Some use highly refined encryption techniques, which means they cannot be overheard.
Preposition: on
- basis: These initial lists of types were then refined on the basis of new dedicated field surveys, data analyzes and field trials.
Subject
- fire: The most valuable gold has to be refined by fire - to get rid of its impurities.
Modifying Another Word
- iteratively: This will then be used to iteratively refine the knowledge collection, interpretation and analysis until an acceptable level of representation is achieved.
- anisotropically: If the structure was refined anisotropically, the orientations and the magnitudes of vibrational ellipsoids should be displayed.
- progressively: Enterprise goals or Service Level Agreements can be considered as high-level abstract policies which must be progressively refined into implementable policies.
- continually: Since the more effort placed in these endless observations continually refined those valuable timings.
- continuously: Curricula are continuously refined to keep ahead of educational developments.
- gradually: Pieces are gradually refined, working with the arrangement until the desired feeling is created.
Infinitive complement
- reflect: The flowgraph can be refined to reflect these three regions of code, producing the following flowgraph.
- ensure: The VRQ has been reviewed and refined to ensure that it reflects the new nutritional standards.
- produce: Its germ is rich in oil, and can be refined to produce corn oil.
Present participle complement
- exist: But Williams & Associates Insurance Agency, Inc. he does to refine existing.
Preposition: in
- light: Any activity can then be refined in light of the publication of the final version in November.
Preposition: by
- fire: The most valuable gold has to be refined by fire - to get rid of its impurities.
refine Quotes
Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline.
I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations.
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