Definitions for refine

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refine re·fine

Spelling: [ri-fahyn]

IPA: /rɪˈfaɪn/

Refine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in refine (eefinr).

Definitions for refine

Verb phrases

1. refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities:
2. to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured.
3. to bring to a finer state or form by purifying.
4. to make more fine, subtle, or precise:

verb (used without object)

1. to become pure:
2. to become more fine, elegant, or polished:
3. to make fine distinctions in thought or language.

Origin of refine

First recorded in 1575-85; re- + fine¹

Examples for refine

For the necessity for concentration only serves to strengthen and refine her aspiration.

It makes us refine our arguments, and search for greater efficiencies, and do our jobs better.

Loving is an art, and we all need to learn the art and to refine its practice.

Iran imports food, machinery and even gasoline, as it cannot refine enough to fuel its own cars.

We continue to research and refine abortion care while helping to break down barriers separating women from high-quality services.

Resist it not; it goes to refine and raise thy theory of matter just as much.

Saudi Arabia sits on top of a vast reservoir of high quality oil that is cheap to pump and cheap to refine.

But in the late 19th century, we learned how to refine grain and make white flour.

Beer does not refine, perhaps,97 but at any rate it mellows.

But the butcher had a sentiment for his business, and knew how to refine upon it.