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Synonyms for refine
rɪˈfaɪnre·fine
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
refine
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.
Synonyms:
afflict, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, humble, punish, purify, soften, subdue, tryPreposition:
"We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they ... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.
Princeton's WordNet
polish, refine, fine-tune, downverb
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one's style of writing"
Synonyms:
land, push down, pull down, polish up, round off, down, go through, elaborate, belt down, rarify, drink down, round, shoot down, cut down, complicate, kill, toss off, smoothen, calibrate, bolt down, rectify, shine, brush up, graduate, tweak, pour down, smooth, pop, devour, fine-tune, knock down, consume, polishcomplicate, refine, rarify, elaborateverb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
"refine a design or pattern"
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elaborate, perplex, lucubrate, exposit, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, work out, rectify, dilate, expatiate, expand, expound, flesh out, complicate, enlargerefineverb
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
"refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tunerefine, rectifyverb
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"
Synonyms:
elaborate, reclaim, right, regenerate, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, correct, rectify, reform, amend, remedy, complicate, repair, remediaterefineverb
attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
"many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tunerefineverb
make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
"refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tune
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refineverb
refineverb
Synonyms:
cultivate, polish, make elegantrefineverb
Synonyms:
become pure, be clarifiedrefineverb
Synonyms:
improve, make improvementrefineverb
Synonyms:
be over-nice, affect nicety, split hairs, make useless distinctions
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
refineverb
Synonyms:
purify, defecate, clarify, sublimate, subtilize, sublime, devulgarize, decrassify
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#234 | right | |
#311 | down | |
#684 | try | |
#773 | land | |
#1309 | round | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1847 | correct | |
#1965 | graduate | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3345 | reform | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3823 | specify | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4002 | improving | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5397 | refine | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#7436 | amend | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8685 | refined | |
#9051 | shine | |
#10047 | clarify | |
#12155 | humble | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#13640 | consume | |
#17245 | refining | |
#17439 | punish | |
#19308 | tweak | |
#22636 | reclaim | |
#28390 | hone | |
#30385 | soften | |
#30449 | sharpen | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#32860 | regenerate | |
#34405 | calibrate | |
#34586 | complicate | |
#36357 | purify | |
#43092 | devour | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#73447 | afflict | |
#75307 | expound | |
#77777 | remediate | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#246567 | chasten | |
#257374 | smoothen |
How to use refine in a sentence?
At our living history museum, these and future findings will help us further refine our exhibits, as we use archaeological evidence and historical documents as the basis for our portrayal of the past.
He would refine his ideas through talking things out with people. I think one of the things he may have gotten disappointed with the Supreme Court was the lack of regular personal interaction among the justices. They have a very formal system where they communicate with each other through memos.
ChatGPT struggled with the most classic components of law school exams, such as spotting potential legal issues and deep analysis applying legal rules to the facts of a case, but ChatGPT could be very helpful at producing a first draft that a student could then refine.
Nowadays electricity is available only from 8pm to 5am. I sleep in my mill or butchery just to catch electricity when it's switched back on. I'm forced to sell meat or refine grain at night. My losses are massive. Two of my kids may (have to) briefly stop attending college next year.
Just as all new, successful technologies are taken for granted by each generation that has never lived without them, the technologies' existence will be part of the fabric and foundation for that generation, they will either develop and refine or reject the technologies they inherit.
Translations for refine
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- refinarCatalan, Valencian
- kultivovat, vylepšovat, čistit, vyčistit, rafinovat, pročistitCzech
- rense, forfine, forbedre, raffinereDanish
- verfeinernGerman
- rafiniEsperanto
- refinar, perfeccionarSpanish
- hioa, jalostua, jalostaa, kehittää, puhdistaaFinnish
- השתבחHebrew
- finomítaniHungarian
- memperhalusIndonesian
- purificare, lucidare, migliorare, perfezionare, impreziosire, decantare, sgrossare, decontaminare, ripulire, raffinare, rifinireItalian
- whakaparakoreMāori
- raffinereNorwegian
- purificar, refinarPortuguese
- детализировать, очищать, совершенствоваться, уточнять, облагораживатьRussian
- förfina, raffineraSwedish
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