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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"
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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"
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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
ranking | word | |
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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?
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting in Washington back in March. Adam Schiff, the focus of Republicans' post-Mueller ire, says Mueller's conclusion would not affect his own committee's counterintelligence probes. ( AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) As both the special counsel and the Department of Justice have recognized, the Congress has a vital constitutional role in evaluating misconduct by the executive branch, including the president, and to assess and refine laws that address the sweeping and systematic invasion of our democracy by Russia, we therefore need these materials in order to do our job.
One of these underlying principles is to constantly refine what we are doing so that we can continue to enhance public safety in a thoughtful manner, we are now more than one year into his term, he has listened to community members, victims and colleagues. Based on everything we have learned we are rolling out these policy adjustments.
This is a really attractive concept, and this study is a very important step forward. There are still huge challenges to refine the technique, to make good results more consistent and eventually to compare outcomes with current neonatal intensive care strategies, this treatment will not enter the clinic anytime soon.
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.
It's just too early to put a solid strategy in place, we have still got so much to solve with the regulators in order to be able to then refine the strategy for launch.
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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